Bastioned
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of bastion form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Furnished with a bastion; having bastions. not-comparable
"As he walked stiffly aslant against the booming northern wind, he tried to marshal his thoughts, tried to dovetail for himself a picture of what had happened behind the grim, bastioned walls of the lamasery and of what was going to happen […]"
Adjective
- 1 secured with bastions or fortifications wordnet
Example
More examples"As he walked stiffly aslant against the booming northern wind, he tried to marshal his thoughts, tried to dovetail for himself a picture of what had happened behind the grim, bastioned walls of the lamasery and of what was going to happen […]"
Etymology
From bastion + -ed.
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