Naseby

[ neyz-bee ]

/ ˈneɪz bi /

a village in W Northamptonshire, in central England: Royalist defeat 1645.

Example sentences from the Web for naseby

I had the bed-room Oliver Cromwell slept in the night before the battle of Naseby.

Polly the Pagan |Isabel Anderson
We could still very well stand a good little book on Naseby!

Letters of Edward FitzGerald |Edward FitzGerald
We run not very far from Naseby after a while, and think of the great battle between Charles and Cromwell's troops.

Little Folks |Various
My grandfather rode out with yours to Naseby, and died there.

The Cornet of Horse |G. A. Henty

At Naseby was fought, with forces nearly equal, this decisive and well-disputed action between the king and parliament.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. |David Hume

Naseby

/ (ˈneɪzbɪ) /

a village in Northamptonshire: site of a major Parliamentarian victory (1645) in the Civil War, when Cromwell routed Prince Rupert's force