| 单词 |
bywards |
| 释义 |
▪ I. byward, n.|ˈbaɪwɔːd| [f. by- 3, 5 + ward.] A ward or guard which is not the main one; as in the Byward Tower in the Tower of London.
1840Ainsworth Tower of Lond. iv, A large drawbridge then led to another portal forming the principal entrance to the outer ward, and called the By-ward or Gate Tower. ▪ II. † ˈbyward, ˈbywards, adv. Obs. [f. by adv. + -wards.] Sideways. (In first quot. ward perh. = ‘confinement, custody’.)
1556J. Heywood Spider & Fl. iv. 28 In eche weake place is wouen a weauing cast, By warde, in warde, to warde the flie more fast. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 75 The spring..would only be pusht forwards or by-wards. |

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