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Estre vs Eastern - What's the difference?

estre | eastern |

As a noun estre

is the indoor layout or plan of a castle.

As an adjective eastern is

of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.

estre

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic, or, obsolete) The indoor layout or plan of a castle.
  • * 1954', C. S. Lewis, ' The Horse and His Boy , page 239
    • "And tomorrow, Cor," he added, shalt come over all the castle with me and see the estres and mark all its strength and weakness: for it will be thine to guard when I'm gone."

    See also

    * estate

    References

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    Anagrams

    * ----

    eastern

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
  • * 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
    • While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
  • (of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
  • (loosely) Oriental.

    • Derived terms

    * easternmost

    See also

    * northern * southern * western * northeastern * southeastern * southwestern * northwestern

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