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PRONUNCIATION OF BASTLE

bastle  [ˈbæstəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BASTLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bastle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BASTLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bastle

Bastle house

Bastel, bastle, or bastille houses are a type of construction found along the Anglo-Scottish border, in the areas formerly plagued by border Reivers. They are fortified farmhouses, characterised by security measures against raids. Their name is said to derive from the French word "bastille".

Definition of bastle in the English dictionary

The definition of bastle in the dictionary is a fortified farmhouse built near to the Scottish-English border, particularly during the 16th-17th centuries.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BASTLE


bicoastal
baɪˈkəʊstəl
borstal
ˈbɔːstəl
Bristol
ˈbrɪstəl
costal
ˈkɒstəl
crustal
ˈkrʌstəl
crystal
ˈkrɪstəl
distal
ˈdɪstəl
hostel
ˈhɒstəl
intercoastal
ˌɪntəˈkəʊstəl
intercostal
ˌɪntəˈkɒstəl
lead-crystal
ˈledˌkrɪstəl
listel
ˈlɪstəl
pastel
ˈpæstəl
pastel-coloured
ˈpæstəl
pedestal
ˈpɛdɪstəl
Pentecostal
ˌpɛntɪˈkɒstəl
pistol
ˈpɪstəl
postal
ˈpəʊstəl
vestal
ˈvɛstəl
vistal
ˈvɪstəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BASTLE

bastardization
bastardize
bastardized
bastardly
bastardry
bastardy
baste
baster
basti
Bastia
bastide
Bastille
Bastille Day
bastinado
basting
basting thread
bastion
bastnaesite
bastnasite
basto

WORDS THAT END LIKE BASTLE

Belvoir Castle
Berkeley Castle
bouncy castle
Carisbrooke Castle
castle
coals to Newcastle
Culzean Castle
Eilean Donan Castle
forecastle
Glamis Castle
Hever Castle
hustle
king of the castle
Leeds Castle
Newcastle
Oldcastle
sand castle
Sissinghurst Castle
Tintagel Castle
Urquhart Castle
Windsor Castle

Synonyms and antonyms of bastle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bastle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BASTLE

Find out the translation of bastle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bastle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bastle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bastle
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Bastle
570 millions of speakers

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bastle
510 millions of speakers

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bastle
380 millions of speakers
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bastle
280 millions of speakers

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bastle
278 millions of speakers

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bastle
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bastle
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bastle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bastle
190 millions of speakers

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Bastle
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Translator English - Japanese

bastle
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Translator English - Korean

bastle
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bastle
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bastle
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bastle
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बास्टल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bastle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bastle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bastle
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Translator English - Ukrainian

bastle
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bastle
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

bastle
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Translator English - Afrikaans

bastle
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Translator English - Swedish

bastle
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

bastle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bastle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BASTLE»

The term «bastle» is regularly used and occupies the 94.963 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BASTLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bastle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASTLE»

Discover the use of bastle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bastle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Strongholds of the Border Reivers: Fortifications of the ...
New windows and a door to the upper floor were inserted at a later date and in recent times the bastle has been sympathetically restored. Low Cleughs Bastle, Redesdale Standing on a windswept hillside overlooking the Rede Valley, this ...
Keith Durham, 2008
2
Houses and Cottages of Britain
Many seem more likely to have been the private blocks originally attached to ground-floor halls that were subsequently demolished or replaced. 2a Bastle houses There is another sort of first-floor hall, much later in date and rather smaller in ...
R. W. Brunskill, 2000
3
Walking in Eden: circular and linear routes in the Eden Valley
Glassonby: a. bastle,. a. castle,. caves. and. a. stone. circle. Route: Glassonby, Glassonbybeck, Old Parks, Romany Memorial, Kirkoswald, Eden Bridge, Daleraven Bridge, River Eden, Lacy's Caves, Little Salkeld, Long Meg And Her Daughters ...
Ron Scholes, 2006
4
Vernacular Buildings: A Global Survey
Accommodation for domestic and farming purposes has traditionally been placed under the same roof according to one of three fashions: longhouse, laithe house and bastle house fashion. In the longhouse the farm house and the cow-house ...
Allen Noble, 2013
5
The Medieval Castle in England and Wales: A Political and ...
TOWER-HOUSE, PELE AND BASTLE 11.10 A pelehouse, now destroyed, in Halrwhistle (Northumberland). The entrance, shown here, was secured bv drawbars, and there was probably no other opening to the ground floor. The turret on the ...
Norman J. G. Pounds, 1994
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Walking in Northumberland: 36 Day-walks
Waterhead A bastle that survived, and was occupied well into the 19th century, although plagued by Liddesdale Armstrongs as recorded by J. Hunter of Waterhead: 'They ran a daytime foray, raysing fire and driving many nolt, sheep and goats ...
Alan Hall, 2007
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The Border Reivers
(The Board of Trustees of the Royal . ,\rnwuries) The 'bastcll house' The humbler option available to the wealthier farmer was the defensible farmhouse known as a bastle or 'bastell house' (from the l''rench hastille: a fortified place).
‎1995
8
Slow Northumberland and Durham: Including Newcastle, ...
... 305 Wanney Crags and Fourlaws 161–2 Whitburn Bay 56 Birkheads Secret Gardens 248 Bishop Auckland 252–3 black grouse 305 Black Middens bastle house 156 Blagdon Farm Shop 170 Blakehopeburnhaugh 149 Blanchland 282– 3 ...
Gemma Hall, 2012
9
Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction
Bast see Bastet. !74 bastard grain grain that forms an angle of 30–60° with the face of a piece of sawn timber. bastard sawing see through and through sawing. ! 2 bastel house see bastle house. Bastet the ancient Egyptian feline goddess, ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi, 2008
10
New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics: Lexis ...
Williamson treats the early forms of the Berwickshire name Bastle as evidence for Middle English bastle “strong tower”, even though the oldest recorded spelling Foulenbastell (1614) is clearly Middle Scots in date (Williamson 1942:172).Bastle  ...
Christian Kay, Simon Horobin, Carole Hough, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BASTLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bastle is used in the context of the following news items.
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Koshalek named GNC's top player again
Coach of year: Dan Bastle, Antigo. Second team. P-Arin Verhagen, jr., Antigo; Taylor Shaw, so., Medford. C-Kalen McHugh, jr., Mosinee. «Wausau Daily Herald, Jun 15»
2
Little League season in full swing as Dodgers top Angels
Connor Cornelius and Luke Bastle added an RBI double and an RBI single, respectively. The Shopper's Durham Bulls got the best of the 40 et 8 Box Cars 7-3 ... «Antigo Daily Journal, Jun 15»
3
Marshfield qualifies for sectional in 17 events at WIAA Division 1 …
Stevens Point (Talyn Solinsky, Hyland, Makani Peters, Sankey) 4:06.32; 2. Antigo (Brittney Bastle, Mandy Petts, Duff, Zenkovich) 4:08.06; 3. «Hub City Times, May 15»
4
Zenkovich, Duff take gold as 10 Red Robin athletes advance in track
Antigo's 4 x 400 meter team, comprised of Brittney Bastle, Mandy Petts, Duff, and Zenkovich, took second to the Stevens Point team with a time of 4:08.06. «Antigo Daily Journal, May 15»
5
Thropton WI, May meeting
We've heard about the rescue and restoration of a bastle in the village and been enlightened about humanist hatches, matches and dispatches ... «Northumberland Gazette, May 15»
6
Sarah Duff, Hannah Zenkovich claim conference track and field titles
The girls 4x400 relay team — a group consisting of Duff, Brittney Bastle, Mandy Petts and Kate Stensberg — also took second with a time of 4:23.09, a mere .02 ... «Antigo Daily Journal, May 15»
7
Orpwood on course for title after Hexham double
De Bee Keeper is still on an upward curve and completed his hat-trick in the Chesterwood Bastle Holiday Cottage South Northumberland ... «Hexhamcourant, May 15»
8
The time arrives, Saturday marks Little League opener
Parsons of Antigo's Timber Rattlers, under Coach Adam Nicholson, are Luke Bastle, Sam Bretl, Connor Cornelius, Gabriel Fittante, Reed Kuenzli, Carson Kunze ... «Antigo Daily Journal, May 15»
9
Summer holidays in Newcastle: 57 free things to do with kids in the …
Black Middens Bastle House between Falstone and Bellingham is a ruined 16th Century fortified farmhouse with access to living quarters only ... «ChronicleLive, Apr 15»
10
Polmont news from Thursday, April 30
There will be a range of stalls, Linlithgow Reed Band, bouncy bastle and face painting. Tickets are £2 which includes a cup of tea or coffee and ... «Falkirk Herald, Apr 15»

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