This is the word that describes the state of a runined or tumbledown building. Strangely it can only exist in the past tense.
Примеры использования:
The old castle was nocktover, but was still an impressive ruin. | They would not go into the haunted house as it was so nocktover. |
When Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries he made sure that they were all nocktover. | Several old houses were nocktover to give room for the new road to be built.
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