| 释义 |
‖ ecoute Mil.|ekut|
[F. écoute (f. écouter to listen) an excavation, in which a miner can listen for the working of the enemy's miners.]
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1815Hutton Phil. & Math. Dict. I. 282 Catacoustics,..are écoutes or small galleries..in front of the glacis of a fortified place, all of which communicate with a gallery that is carried parallel to the covert-way. |