milecastle
English
noun
Definitions
- One of a series of small rectangular fortifications, spaced roughly one Roman mile apart, built during the period of the Roman Empire.
Etymology
Compound from English mile (imperial measure of distance) + English castle.
Origin
English
castle
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Castlebellingham English
- Castletown English
- Greencastle English
- Redcastle English
- aftcastle English
- aftercastle English
- becastled English
- castle English
- castlebuilder English
- castlebuilding English
- castleless English
- castlelike English
- castler English
- castlet English
- castlette English
- castleward English
- forecastle English
- mailoland English
- metric mile English
- mile English
- mile marker English
- mileage English
- milelong English
- milepost English
- miler English
- milestone English
- milewide English
- milometer English
- postmile English
- pseudocastle English
- sandcastle English
- seat-mile English
- seatmile English
- sterncastle English
- uncastle English
- maili Finnish
- mile French
- mille French
- マイル Japanese
- 哩 Japanese
- castle Middle English
- myle Middle English
- ไมล์ Thai
- milio Ido
- မိုင် Burmese
- מייל Hebrew (modern)
- 哩 Chinese
- 邁 Chinese
- maili Swahili
- 마일 Korean
- imayela Zulu
- mail Tok Pisin
- མེ་ལེ Tibetan
- mwail Chuukese
- mail Fiji Hindi
- mile
- miler
- castle
- castlet
- castler
- mileage
- milelong
- milepost
- postmile
- seatmile
- milewide
- uncastle
- milometer
- becastled
- milestone
- mailoland
- Redcastle
- castlette
- seat-mile
- aftcastle
- castlelike
- sandcastle
- forecastle
- castleward
- castleless
- Castletown
- Greencastle
- aftercastle
- sterncastle
- metric mile
- mile marker
- pseudocastle
- castlebuilder
- castlebuilding
- Castlebellingham