bailey

bailey — 名詞

1. a flat open courtyard inside the outer stone wall of a medieval castle, surround

1.名詞
釋義

城堡庭院

中世紀城堡外牆內、環繞主塔的庭院

a flat open courtyard inside the outer stone wall of a medieval castle, surrounding the central tower, where soldiers, horses, and supplies were kept.

例句

Tourists crossed the wooden drawbridge and stepped into the bailey of Warwick Castle.

遊客走過木製吊橋，踏入 Warwick 城堡的庭院。

the bailey of [castle name]

Knights trained their horses every morning in the wide bailey behind the gate.

騎士每天早上都在城門後寬闊的庭院裡訓練馬匹。

同義詞
  • courtyard

    general word for any open space inside a building; bailey is specifically the castle one

  • ward

    another historical term for a castle's enclosed area; often interchangeable with bailey

文法句型

the bailey of [a castle]

用法筆記

Almost always used in historical or tourist contexts about medieval European castles. Often paired with 'inner' or 'outer' to specify which courtyard, since large castles had more than one. Distinguish from 'keep' (the central stone tower) and 'moat' (the water ditch outside the wall).

常見錯誤

❌We had a picnic in the bailey of the modern hotel.
✅We had a picnic in the courtyard of the modern hotel.
💡'bailey' is only used for medieval castles, not for any open yard.