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ANTONINE WALL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
bulwark; rampart; wall (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes)
Holonyms ("Antonine Wall" is a part of...):
Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)