demi-gorgen.
/ˈdɛmɪˌɡɔːdʒ/ Fortification.
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.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion > parts of
orecchionc1585
pome1598
face1648
orillon1648
gola1663
neck1668
gorge1669
neckline1672
shoulder1672
epaule1702
demi-gorge1706
pan1707
throat1728
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1755 T. Forbes in C. Gist Jrnls. (1893) 151 The length of the Curtains is about 30 feet, and the Demigorge of the Bastions about eighty.
1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 26 Vauban strengthened the continued line with redans placed 260 yards apart, having 30 yds. of demi-gorge, and 44 yds. of capital.
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 267 Set off 40 yards on each side of the re-entering angle of the counterscarp for their demi-gorges.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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