bastide
[ ba-steed ]
/ bæˈstid /
noun
a medieval fortified town, planned as a whole and built at one time, especially in southern France, for strategic or commercial purposes.
a small country house in southern France.
Origin of bastide
1515–25; < Middle French < Old Provençal
bastida fortification, noun use of feminine past participle of
bastir to build, equivalent to
basti- (< Germanic; see
baste1) +
-da < Latin
-ta feminine past participle suffix
Words nearby bastide
bastel house,
baster,
basti,
bastia,
bastian,
bastide,
bastille,
bastille day,
bastinade,
bastinado,
basting