[a. OF. bastide, ad. Pr. bastida ‘building,’ sb. from fem. pa. pple. of bastir to build: cf. -ADA, -ADE.]
† 1. a. A bastel-house or fortlet. b. A temporary hut or tower erected for besieging purposes. Cf. BASTILLE. Obs. exc. Hist.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. xxvi. 39. They fortified the bastyde of Rosebourge, and made it a strong Castel.
1577. Holinshed, Chron., II. 640. He came before the strong towne of Calis … and erected bastides betweene the towne and the river.
1858. Morris, G. Teste-Noire, 138. Therefore we set our bastides round the tower That Geffray held.
ǁ 2. A country-house in southern France.
1721. Lond. Gaz., No. 6073/2. The Bastides and Farm-Houses in that Neighbourhood.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., II. VI. ii. 332. White glittering bastides that crown the hill.
