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Meanings of castle keep in English

Russian
донжон
Portuguese
torre de menagem
Catalan
donjon
Spanish
torre del homenaje
Wikidata

Type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.

        донжон
        Usage of castle keep in English
        1
        They ran up the mound to where the castle keep stood.
        Sovereign
        2
        The ruins of the castle keep may be seen south of the High Street.
        Seaward Sussex: The South Downs from End to End
        3
        The castle keep (Clifford's Tower) is still an important feature in the view.
        Life in a Mediæval City / Illustrated by York in the XVth Centur...
        4
        We heard shutters banging around the castle keep.
        Sovereign
        5
        If they found him they would throw him into the darkest hole in the castle keep.
        The Tangle Box
        6
        The castle keep had been constructed centuries before, and the city had slowly spread outward around it.
        Sister of the dead
        7
        It is this scene, in particular, which throws all the magic of romance about the old castle keep.
        The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
        8
        Hemmed in by these buildings and a massive wall is the artificial mound surmounted by the tottering castle keep.
        Yorkshire
        9
        Looking out of the barred windows, I saw dawn had come, the castle keep grey against the lightening sky.
        Sovereign
        10
        He longed to turn back, for his heart lay in a tomb close to his castle keep, but the way back was closed.
        The Puppet Crown
        11
        The clatter and cry of their arrival brought a pour of torches from every side of the isle and from within the castle keep.
        The Black Douglas
        12
        Confined in the castle keep, Jeanne's mind was for ever running on her return to her friends at Compiègne; her one idea was to escape.
        The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2
        13
        But the few children who lived in the castle kept away, despite their parents' urging.
        Heir of Fire
        14
        It is dug in the Castle Keep, and goes down fifty fathoms or more into the bowels of the chalk below.
        Moonfleet
        15
        But the thought of how much worse that might be for the folk in the castle kept him to his post.
        Boycotted, and Other Stories
        16
        Besides the Grange and the Castle keep, she could now pick out the church and the black-and-white gables of the George.
        Howards End
        Translations for castle keep
        Catalan
        donjon