Meanings
nounchemin de ronde (plural chemins de ronde)
plural chemins de ronde
- A raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement.
Synonyms: wallwalk
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement.
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Origin
- Frenchchemin de ronde
- Englishchemin de ronde
Borrowed from French chemin de ronde, literally "watch path/way".
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Finnish vartiokäytävä, puolustuskäytävä
- vartiokäytäväraised protected walkway behind a castle battlemen
- puolustuskäytäväraised protected walkway behind a castle battlemen
- ampumakäytäväraised protected walkway behind a castle battlemen
French chemin de ronde
- chemin de ronderaised protected walkway behind a castle battlemen
German Wehrgang
- Wehrgangraised protected walkway behind a castle battlemen
Polish chodnik obronny
- chodnik obronnyraised protected walkway behind a castle battlemen
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