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单词 demi-gorge
释义 demi-gorge Fortif.|ˈdɛmɪˌgɔːdʒ|
[demi- 5.]
That part of the internal polygon from the angle of the curtain to the centre of the bastion (or point where the lines of the two adjacent curtains intersect); forming half of the gorge or entrance of the bastion.
1706in Phillips (ed. Kersey).1755T. Forbes in C. Gist Jrnls. (1893) 151 The length of the Curtains is about 30 feet, and the Demigorge of the Bastions about eighty.1851J. S. Macaulay Field Fortif. 29 Vauban strengthened the continued line with redans placed 260 yards apart, having 30 yards of demigorge, and 44 yards of capital.1859F. A. Griffiths Artil. Man. (1862) 267 Set off 40 yards on each side of the re-entering angle of the counterscarp for their demi-gorges.
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