demi-bastionn.
/ˈdɛmɪˈbastɪən/ Fortification.
A work of the form of half a bastion, having one face and one flank.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion
bastion1546
jetty1550
pommel1687
demi-bastion1695
moineau1704
hollow-bastion1706
empty bastion1711
roundel1843
bastionet1847
1695 London Gaz. No. 3100/4 The Dutch were not able to maintain themselves in the Demi-Bastion.
1813 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 198/2 Against the demy-bastion on the south-eastern angle and the termination of the curtain of the southern face.
1832 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War III. 235 Their efforts had been misdirected against the face of a demibastion.
Derivatives
ˈdemi-ˈbastioned adj. having demi-bastions.
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1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 20 (heading) Of Demi-bastioned Forts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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