Usually means: Fortification extension with two salients.
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  1. hornwork: Collins English Dictionary
  2. hornwork: Wordnik
  3. hornwork: Wiktionary
  4. Hornwork: Dictionary.com
  5. Hornwork: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Hornwork: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. hornwork: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Hornwork: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. hornwork: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. hornwork: FreeDictionary.org
  11. hornwork: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Hornwork: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Hornwork: Castle Terms

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  1. Hornwork: Dictionary of Military Architecture

Definitions from Wiktionary (hornwork)

noun:  A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.

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