Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hiding-place; a cave; a burrow.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A concealed hiding place; a burrow, lair, or hole.

Etymologies

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Latin

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Examples

  • domicilium = abode, dwelling-place domus = home, house latibulum = hiding-place, retreat, subterfuge latebra = hiding-place, den, lair

    Archive 2005-09-01 Holly 2005

  • domicilium = abode, dwelling-place domus = home, house latibulum = hiding-place, retreat, subterfuge latebra = hiding-place, den, lair

    “Hi servi invivi quos quaeris non sunt.”* Holly 2005

  • Reliquos autem secundum eorum consuetudinem numerauit, pr鎐ipiens vt vnusquisque tam paruus quam magnus, et infans vnius diei, siue pauper siue diues esset, tale tributum pr鎎eret: vt scilicet daret vnum pellem albi vrsi, et vnum nigrum castorem, et vnum Zabulum, et vnam nigram pellem cuiusdam animalis quod in terra latibulum habet, cuius nomen nescio in latinum transferre, sed Teutonice dicitur illit [Marginal note: Vel

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

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