bastile (1382)

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bastile (1382)

[ FEW: 15/i,77a *bastjan; Gdf: ; GdfC: 8,301a bastille; TL: ; DEAF:  bastir (bastille); DMF:  bastille; TLF:  bastille; OED:  bastille | bastile n.; MED:  bastel n.; DMLBS: 186b bastilla ]
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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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