Term Gallery logo

Meanings of alure in inglês

russo
боевой ход
português
adarve
espanhol
camino de ronda
catalão
anador
Wikidata

A chemin de ronde (French, "round path"' or "patrol path"; French pronunciation: ​[ʃəmɛ̃ də ʁɔ̃d]), also called an allure, alure or, more prosaically, a wall-walk, is a raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement.In early fortifications, high castle walls were difficult to defend from the ground.

See more
adarve
Sinônimos
Examples for "allure"
Examples for "allure"
1
Whether its allure is as strong outside Africa remains to be seen.
The Guardian
2
Strength in stocks also sapped the safe-haven allure of U.S. government debt.
Reuters
3
Such is the emotive allure of horses: powerful yet all too vulnerable.
The Irish Times
4
But in reality, it has lost much of its allure for investors.
The Irish Times
5
The problems have so far failed to dull Thailand's centuries-old exotic allure.
Reuters
1
Even "a sort of chemin de ronde" remains around the clocher, perhaps once provided with a parapet of defence.
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
1
Archers and footmen guarded the wall-walk, one every three feet or so.
The Lair of Bones
2
Raj Ahten's flameweavers ran to the wall-walk above the city gates.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
3
Young men, torchbearers, were racing along the wall-walk, bringing light to anyone who wanted it.
The Lair of Bones
4
Atop the wall-walk, there had been a massacre.
The Lair of Bones
5
He succumbed atop the wall-walk, felt it swaying.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Usage of alure in inglês
1
Above the gates, on the walls, was the alure, the stone walkway where armed sentries went on their ceaseless patrols.
The irish warrior
2
I am heartily glad that Charlie has given Alured a sound thrashing.
A Jacobite Exile / Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in...
3
Alured and Trevor Lea have always been remarkably alike.
Lady Hester; Or, Ursula's Narrative
4
Alured of Rievaux, 1109-66: The Battle of the Standard.
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English Hist...
5
My brother spoke, Justice will no doubt be done; but the question does not lie between you and me, but between me and Alured.
Lady Hester; Or, Ursula's Narrative
6
Alured let his head fall back, and would not answer, and Fulk said, There is no need for him to speak at present, is there?
Lady Hester; Or, Ursula's Narrative
7
"He told me-Trevordid"-saidAlured.
Lady Hester; Or, Ursula's Narrative
Translations for alure
português
adarve