Meaning of champ clos | Babel Free

Definitions

A field officially set aside for the fighting of a knightly duel or tournament: the area enclosed by the lists.

Examples

“Such was their power that neither could forget His former friend, & future foe—but still There was a high, immortal, proud regret In either’s eye, as if ’twere less their will Than destiny to make the eternal years Their date of war, and their “Champ Clos” the Spheres.”

“A municipal champ clos was always raised in the market-place; that of an ecclesiastical seigneur as near as possible to the church; and, in the latter case, the lists were often permanent.”

“In the knightly days single combats were confined to the champ clos, which was never granted where the quarrel was of a frivolous nature, and only the monarch himself, or some great noble the governor of a province, and so holding viceregal powers, had the authority to grant it.”

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