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‖ moineau Fortif.
(ˈmɔɪnəʊ, ‖ mwano)
Also 8 moyeneau.
[Fr.; regarded by Littré and Hatz.-Darm. as a use of moineau sparrow.]
(See quot.)
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Moyeneau..is a small flat Bastion, commonly placed in the middle of an over-long Curtain, by which the Bastions at the Extremities are not well defended from the Small-shot, by reason of their Distance; so that this Work is proper for placing in it a Body of Musqueteers to fire upon the Enemy from all sides. Ibid., Moineau [with similar explanation]. 1802in C. James Milit. Dict. And in mod. Dicts. |