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Meanings of alure in inglês

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боевой ход
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espanhol
camino de ronda
catalão
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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.

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        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
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