bastile (1382)
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bastile (1382)

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  FEW:  *bastjan 15/i,77a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  bastille 8,301a TL: ∅ DEAF:  bastir (bastille)  DMF:  bastille  TLF:  bastille  OED:  bastille | bastile n.  MED:  bastel n.  DMLBS:  bastilla 186b
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1mil.bastille, fortified tower or small fortress: 
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  en quel temps furount ars quater bastiles des enemys  121.2
( 1404 )  et ainssi firent bastilles de lour dictes villes en nom du dit roy d’Escoce contre le roy nostre dit seignour  i 219
♦mil.fortified outpost: 
( 1382 )  les frountiers et bastiles del dit roialme  iii 132
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