Irish Antiq. [a. Ir. lios, OIr. liss, less = Welsh llys.] A circular enclosure having an earthen wall; often used as a fort.
1845. G. Petrie, in Trans. R. Irish Acad., XX. 443. The great Rath or Lis, called Lismor, or the great fort.
1858. B. O’Looney, in Trans. Ossianic Soc., IV. 231. The nobles of this country are said to live in the great and large duns, fortresses, lisses, and raths.
1899. W. B. Yeats, Secret Rose, in Wind among Reeds, 49. Him who drove the gods out of their liss.
