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▸ 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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▸ 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.
Similar:
fortification curtain,
counterfort,
rampart,
countermure,
cavalier,
forewall,
covered way,
bulwark,
hornwork,
bastion,
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