town-walls

On the west side of this mountain, and in the eastern extremity of the amphitheatre, stands the city of Nice, wedged in between a steep rock and the little river Paglion, which descends from the mountains, and washing the town-walls on the west side, falls into the sea, after having filled some canals for the use of the inhabitants.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

It is just beyond the town-walls, near the gate of Bab Djoma, and bears the name of El Bekya.

Travels in Arabia 2003

The more eager of the crowd soon mounted on to those parts of the town-walls that flanked the gate, and watched, with excited gesture, and shouts of wonder or terror, the desperate course of the cripple.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various

It is difficult to ascertain what they learnt there: perhaps the grim survivals of the past, town-walls, bastions, and guns, made the deepest impression upon them.

Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies George Henry Blore

The town-walls are built of flint and concrete bonded with ironstone, and are backed with earth.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

At the very angle of this lane, where it opened by a small water-gate upon a narrow towing-path, skirting alike the town-walls and the banks of the stream, there stood a low building attached to the monastery, the upper story of which thus overlooked the old gardens of the palace on the one hand, and, on the other, the river banks.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Various

Rue Pousterle, having on the left the old town-walls.

The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

We camped on the copious brook that ran near the town-walls, and while Ali-Ninpha thought proper to compliment the chief, Mohamedoo, by a formal announcement of our arrival, the caravan made ready for reception by copious, but _needed_, ablutions of flesh and raiment.

Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot

Here, outside the town-walls to the right, then by a broad road to the left, is the Cemetery.

The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

This offer, however, the Councillor would not accept; he insisted that the house should be built in his garden, situated in a very beautiful neighborhood outside the town-walls.

Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 Various