bastel house

or bas·tille house, bas·tle house

[ bas-tl ]

noun

1. (on the Anglo-Scottish border) a partly fortified house, usually with a vaulted ground floor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bastel house¹

First recorded in 1535–45; bastille

Example Sentences

It is now probably the finest existing specimen of the old bastel-house.

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