6 Metaphors for keeps

The keep or Bevis Tower is an old Norman structure with walls 8 to 10 feet thick, having in the centre the castle dungeon, reached by a narrow staircase in the wall.

The keep of Rochester Castle, so picturesquely situated on the Medway, was not a mere fortress without domestic convenience.

Ef he had come f'om roun' yere I 'd be skeered ter keep 'im, fer de w'ite folks 'u'd prob'ly be lookin' fer 'im.

The engineer'e's a Scotchman'as as much whisky inside 'im already as a man can 'old an' keep 'is legs; an' the 'ole gang'll be goin' ashore again to-nightall but the mate.

That this enormous keep is the work of Gundulph and contemporary with the Tower of London, there seems to be no reason to doubt.

The whole keep is 93 feet diameter; it consisted of three wards: the wall of the first ward was not quite three feet thick; and therefore, I think, could only be a parapet for soldiers to fight from, and defend the brow of the hill.

6 Metaphors for  keeps