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Meaning of caustra | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
ˈkawstɾa̝

Definitions

  1. cloister
    archaic, feminine
  2. penthouse
    feminine, regional
  3. a slatted granary
    feminine, regional
  4. Equivalent to 'crib': A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.

Equivalents

English Burrow crib

Examples

“Et tãto que fuj noyte, meteuse dentro ẽno tenplo de Apólinis, et ascondeuse y moy bem, que ẽno tẽplo auj́a caustras et bóuedas et camaretas en que orauã, et outros moytos lugares guisados pera esto.”

And as soon as it was night, he entered the temple of Apollo and he hid there very well, because in the temple there were cloisters and vaults and chambers where they prayed, and many other places suitable for this purpose

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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