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Hadrian's Wall   /hˈeɪdriənz wɔl/   Listen
Hadrian's Wall

noun
1.
An ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain.





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... we call Hadrian's Wall. I'll tell you about it later. It was built long ago, across North Britain, to keep out the Painted People—Picts you call them. Father had fought in the great Pict War that lasted more than twenty years, and he knew what fighting meant. Theodosius, one of our great ...
— Puck of Pook's Hill • Rudyard Kipling


Words linked to "Hadrian's Wall" :   wall, England


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