BASTIDE
Bastide: translation
The term sometimes used of the fortified or castle boroughs established by Edward I. Bastides were first established in Gascony by Kings John and Henry III. Being of military as well as economic value they were somewhat like the English *burhs, although such fortifications were more widespread and stronger in France, where there are walled towns still. The word bastide is Provengal. A slightly later Latin form, bastila, formed the basis of the name of the well-known Parisian prison, the Bastille. [< Lat. bastida]