broch
/Scots brokh, bruhkh/US // Scots brɒx, brʌx //UK // (brɒk, brɒx) //
锦囊妙计,锦囊,锦上添花,锦旗
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a circular stone tower built around the beginning of the Christian era, having an inner and an outer wall, found on the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, the Hebrides, and the mainland of Scotland.
Examples
It occurs within the pentacle symbol engraved on a pebble from the Broch of Burrian, Orkney.
The hunter shouted out in his dream if there was any one in the broch, to let him in for the Holy One's sake.
She is not yet dressed and wears a tea-gown, loose, with many folds: vieux rose broch, salmon-coloured plush and old lace.
The Scottish broch-people, associated in tradition with the Picts, were notorious for their piratic habits.
Probably the many hut circles which surround this Broch are of later date and were formed from its ruins.
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