Usually means: Outer defensive wall protecting bastion.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. counterguard: Merriam-Webster
  2. counterguard: Wordnik
  3. counterguard: Wiktionary
  4. Counterguard: Dictionary.com
  5. Counterguard: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Counterguard: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. counterguard: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Counterguard: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. counterguard: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. counterguard: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Counterguard: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Counterguard: Castle Terms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Counterguard: Dictionary of Military Architecture

Definitions from Wiktionary (counterguard)

noun:  (fortification) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.

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