bastel house

or bas·tille house, bas·tle house

[ bas-tl ]

noun
  1. (on the Anglo-Scottish border) a partly fortified house, usually with a vaulted ground floor.

Origin of bastel house

1
First recorded in 1535–45; see origin at bastille

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