Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
almenería
English translation:
battlement
Added to glossary by
Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
Dec 26, 2007 14:26
16 yrs ago
Spanish term
almenería
Spanish to English
Other
History
fortified settlements
Construido sobre los restos de un antiguo castro vetón, sólo se conservan algunas paredes y un torreón, aunque contaba con una planta irregular de 30 metros de ancho y 70 de largo, cuatro torres, barbacana y almenería.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | battlement |
Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
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| 4 | Battlements |
RichardDeegan
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| 3 | battlements |
Sherry Godfrey
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| 3 | beacon (platform where beacon was lit to give warning) |
Bubo Coroman (X)
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Dec 27, 2007 16:37: Óscar Delgado Gosálvez Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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battlement
four towers, barbican and battlement
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Comment: "Thanks for your help...it looks like you were the first to give this answer."
19 mins
Battlements
As defined in Collins Second Edition Unabridged (Colin Smith)
Note from asker:
| Thanks...I've got the Collins Universal and it wasn't in there, nor was it the RAE as far as I could tell. |
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Sherry Godfrey
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battlements
I'm thinking that almenería comes from almena.
babylon:
almena (f)
n. battlement, wall with openings through which weapons can be fired.
Although I'm not an expert on the subject, it could be battlements.
http://www.castlewales.com/merlon.html :
Battlements (or crenellation) are the parapets of towers or walls with indentations or openings (embrasures or crenelles) alternating with solid projections.
Just a suggestion- hope that helps!
babylon:
almena (f)
n. battlement, wall with openings through which weapons can be fired.
Although I'm not an expert on the subject, it could be battlements.
http://www.castlewales.com/merlon.html :
Battlements (or crenellation) are the parapets of towers or walls with indentations or openings (embrasures or crenelles) alternating with solid projections.
Just a suggestion- hope that helps!
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beacon (platform where beacon was lit to give warning)
this answer applies if the term comes from "almenara", as defined here in the DRAE:
almenara1.
(Del ár. hisp. almanára, y este del ár. clás. manārah, lugar donde hay luz, faro).
...
2. f. Fuego que se hacía en las atalayas o torres para dar aviso de algo, como de tropas enemigas o de la llegada de embarcaciones.
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/
Here is an example of "beacon" used in the context of a castle:
It had historically been used as a ***beacon*** to warn of invasion. ...
Hume Castle, in light of its function as a mediæval early warning system was used again as a ***beacon*** during the Napoleonic Wars. Again, during the Second World War it functioned as a lookout post, and was also to act as a base for resistance in the event of a German invasion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hume_Castle
almenara1.
(Del ár. hisp. almanára, y este del ár. clás. manārah, lugar donde hay luz, faro).
...
2. f. Fuego que se hacía en las atalayas o torres para dar aviso de algo, como de tropas enemigas o de la llegada de embarcaciones.
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/
Here is an example of "beacon" used in the context of a castle:
It had historically been used as a ***beacon*** to warn of invasion. ...
Hume Castle, in light of its function as a mediæval early warning system was used again as a ***beacon*** during the Napoleonic Wars. Again, during the Second World War it functioned as a lookout post, and was also to act as a base for resistance in the event of a German invasion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hume_Castle
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