[f. BUILD v. q.v.]
1. Constructed, erected, etc.: see BUILD v. Also with advbs., as built-in, built-up.
1570. Levins, Manip., 130. Bilt, aedificatus.
1662. Gerbier, Princ., 40. His built Banquetting House.
1829. Nat. Philos., I. Optics, iii. 12 (Usef. Knowl. Ser.). Dr. Brewster has contrived a built-up lens.
1851. Ruskin, Stones Ven., I. viii. § 11. The built and tower-like shaft.
1860. All Y. Round, No. 73. 549. The Armstrong gun … is a built gun.
2. In comb., as well-built, strongly built, said of a house, body, etc.; often of a ship, denoting the style, material, or place of construction, as frigate-built, wooden-built, Clyde-built.
1583. Stanyhurst, Æneis, I. (Arb.), 17. A long buylt citty theare stood, Carthago so named.
1621. Fletcher, Wild goose Ch. They are ill-built … And weak i’ the pasterns.
1663. Act 15 Chas. II., vii. § 6. English built shipping.
1706. Lond. Gaz., No. 4209/4. A well-built bay Stallion. Ibid., No. 4691/4. A high built Gold Watch and Case.
1769. Falconer, Dict. Marine (1789), H 4. A ship is said to be frigate-built, galley-built.
1860. Merc. Mar. Mag., VII. 245. She is wooden built.
1871. M. Collins, Mrq. & Merch., I. iv. 139. Several well-built girls aspired to fill the situation.
