Learn, too, that beneath the threshold of my mansion lieth a souterrain whereof no man is ware: so do thou conceal me therein with the connivance of my spouse Shaghaftini.
The highest roof in all this souterrain being 5 feet 3, it does not seem likely that the builders were taller than that; and there seems more reason to believe that they were much smaller.
The Ardtole souterrain is described in the Journal of the same Society (July-October, 1889, p.
Then he dragged the corpse by the feet to the souterrain and called out, "Where is the salt wench?
Then he called out, "Where is the souterrain guardianess?
Hereupon in came the old woman and dragged my brother by his feet to a souterrain and threw him down upon a heap of dead bodies.
The total length of this souterrain is about one hundred and eight feet, its width three feet, and its height five feet three inches.
In many cases we do find the entrance to a souterrain is in a fort.
Antrim PLAN Drawn by Florence Hobson from the measurements made by M Hobson] In the same district I visited a fine souterrain at the foot of Knockdhu, which was afterwards fully explored and measured by Mrs. Hobson.
I was told there was a souterrain under the Cashel or "White Fort," said to have been built by the Danes.
She describes it as "a souterrain containing six chambers, with a length of eighty-seven feet exclusive of a flooded chamber.
The plan of the souterrainat Ballymagreehan Fort, Co.
We heard here of another souterrain about a mile distant, called Backaderry Cove.
There was a souterrain a short distance from Ballycairn fort in a field opposite to Cranogh National School.
A souterrain also runs under the Glebe House at Donaghmore, Co.
Then he dragged the corpse by the feet to the souterrain and called out, "Where is the salt-wench?
He also took the Eunuch and cast them both into a souterrainunder his palace.
But as regards Bahluwan the Rebel, he abode king in his father's place and his affairs prospered, while young Malik Shah lay in the souterrain four full-told years, till his favour faded and his charms changed.
A typical souterrain réfuge is that of the Château de Fayrolle, not far from Riberac on the Dordogne.
Accordingly they sought all about the souterrain and the pavilion to find if there be a door or aught like thereto, and presently, seeing a wooden lock fast barred, they knew wherefor the key was intended.
Seeing this the Sorceress bethought her that it must surely lead to some cavern or haply to a subterraneous passage, or to a souterrain the abode of Jinns and fairies; when suddenly the Prince and all his suite vanished from her view.
And when he entered the inner recesses he saw within the cave-like souterrain a pavilion which bewildered his wits, and inside the same stood eight jars[FN#20] of green jasper.
He removed the stone and saw a ladder-like flight of steps whereby he descended until he found a huge souterrain all pillar'd and propped with columns of marble and alabaster.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "souterrain" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
