Bastide (noun)
bas-teed
(in southern France) a country house.
(historical) A fortified village or town in France.
Early 16th century: via Old French from Provençal bastida.
Example sentences
“The bastides and old churches are characteristic of the South-west.”
Boscage (noun) bos-kij a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket. 1350–1400; Middle English boskage. Middle French boscage. (more…)
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