1Irish historical A fortified enclosure around a castle.
〈爱尔兰史〉（城堡外围的）防护墙
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Pelham used artillery brought by sea and within two days had battered down the bawn and the western landward side of the castle.
Interestingly, the bawn wall appears to have been erected in a segmentary form: it is a series of straight lines rather than being in the usual rectangular format.
This 17th-century Vintners Company fortified house and bawn, was opened to the public in 1996.
The castle stood within a bawn (a fortified courtyard) with corner towers at each corner and inside was a formal garden laid-out.
2Canadian Irish A meadow.
as modifiera field of bawn hay
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Natural bawn grass threaded with royal blue brings out the beautiful texture of this basket from Bangladesh.
3Canadian A flat expanse of rocks on a beach, on which fish are spread to dry.
〈加〉（把鱼摊在上面风干的）海滩平坦的岩石区
fishermen spread the fish on the bawn
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To spread fish on the bawn to make wages we went there without much sleep.