hadrian's wall

1. 1.

   an ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain

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Questions about hadrian's wall

What does hadrian's wall mean?

hadrian's wall means "an ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain".

Is hadrian's wall a common word?

hadrian's wall is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.