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PRONUNCIATION OF BARMKIN

barmkin  [ˈbɑːmkɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARMKIN

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Barmkin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BARMKIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

barmkin

Barmkin

Barmkin, also spelled barmekin or barnekin, is a Scots word which refers to a form of medieval and later defensive enclosure, typically found around smaller castles, tower houses, pele towers, and bastle houses in Scotland, and the north of England. It has been suggested that etymologically the word may be a corruption of the word barbican. The barmkin would have contained ancillary buildings, and could be used to protect cattle during raids. Examples of places which had barmkins include Halton Castle, Cheshire, Smailholm Tower, Scottish Borders, and Crichton Castle, Midlothian.

Definition of barmkin in the English dictionary

The definition of barmkin in the dictionary is the outer fortification of a castle, or the battlement thereof.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BARMKIN


akin
əˈkɪn
boomkin
ˈbuːmkɪn
bumkin
ˈbʌmkɪn
check-in
ˈtʃɛkɪn
chicken
ˈtʃɪkɪn
Hodgkin
ˈhɒdʒkɪn
kicking
ˈkɪkɪn
kin
kɪn
lambkin
ˈlæmkɪn
Larkin
ˈlɑːkɪn
mannequin
ˈmænɪkɪn
napkin
ˈnæpkɪn
parkin
ˈpɑːkɪn
Potemkin
pɒˈtɛmkɪn
pumpkin
ˈpʌmpkɪn
Pushkin
ˈpʊʃkɪn
Rankin
ˈræŋkɪn
rumkin
ˈrʌmkɪn
skin
skɪn
work-in
ˈwɜːkɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARMKIN

barm
barm cake
barmaid
barman
barmbrack
Barmecidal
Barmecide
barmen
barmier
barmiest
barminess
barmy
barn
barn conversion
barn dance
barn dancing
barn door
barn egg
barn owl
barn swallow

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARMKIN

calfskin
cowskin
Deakin
foreskin
interleukin
lambskin
leopardskin
malkin
manakin
munchkin
oilskin
Pekin
perkin
Potyomkin
Ruskin
sheepskin
snakeskin
takin
Tonkin
wolfskin

Synonyms and antonyms of barmkin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Trends of use of barmkin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BARMKIN»

The term «barmkin» is barely ever used and occupies the 198.126 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BARMKIN» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARMKIN»

Discover the use of barmkin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to barmkin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society
It is proper at the outset to look again at the Act of 1535, to note that the barmkin, 60 feet square and 18| feet in height, 'for the saiffing of men, thare gudis and gere ,' is of stone and lime. It is put in marked contrast with the peel, of which neither ...
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Transactions
It is proper at the outset to look again at the Act of 1535, to note that the barmkin, 60 feet square and 18| feet in height, 'for the saiffing of men, thare gudis and gere ,' is of stone and lime. It is put in marked contrast with the peel, of which neither ...
3
Peel: Its Meaning and Derivations: An Enquiry Into the Early ...
In 1567 a summons was issued1 to the 'haldaris keparis and detenaris of the hous and peill of Westhousis to randcr and deliver the samyn with the volt and barmkin thairof' — a demand suspiciously redundant in its terminology, containing the ...
George Neilson, 1894
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Wars of the Roses A Gazetteer- 2
Castles of North Yorkshire M. J. Jackson Barmkin Books Castles of Shropshire M.J.Jackson Shropshire Libraries Castles of Northumbria M. J. Jackson Barmkin Books Medieval Castles of Northumberland T. H. Rowland Northern History ...
Michael Ryan Jones
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Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to ...
30.— Babmkin. Murray's New Englith Dictionary has ' Barmkin, north, arch. Forms : barmekin, barmekynch, barmekyn, barmekine,' with, as instances of its early use , A.D. 1340 Alexander (Stev.) 1301: 'Balaam in the barmeken sa bitterly fightis.
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The Making of the British Landscape: How We Have Transformed ...
9.15 Dryhope Tower, with the earthworks of a large barmkin enclosure, in Ettrick Forest, near Cappercleuch, Scottish Borders. This tower house was probably built in the middle or third quarter of the sixteenth century, and was partially ...
Francis Pryor, 2010
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The Border Reivers
gcnerallv enclosed bv a defensive stone wall or 'barmkin' which replaced the earlier palisade. (The term 'pale' or 'pele' lingered on however, and is still used haphazardlv when referring to Border towers.) Ikiilt for the safekeeping of cattle and ...
‎1995
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A Short Economic and Social History of the Lake Counties, ...
... necessary as on the Border. Only in the valleys of the Kent and the Lune was the design of the large house generally free from the needs of defence. The basis of the medieval settlement appears to have been the 'barmkin', a sort of corral ...
Charles Murray Lowther Bouch, Gwilym Peredur Jones, 1961
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
(lllus 9.6) DISCUSSION As well as defining the course of the barmkin wall, the 1984 excavation revealed traces of buildings set against the east and west sides of the enclosure and in its south-west corner. It also showed that the north range of ...
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1998
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The history of the life and adventures, and heroic actions ...
The bulwark won, then closely at the last, Unto the barmkin, heaps of timber cast. The bowmen fiercely shot on ev'ry side, But Southron worsted were for all their pride. Women and children on their knees do fall, And loud for mercy do on ...
Henry (the Minstrel), William Hamilton, 1799

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