| 单词 | full bastion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfull bastion full bastion n. Fortification (a) a bastion, the interior surface of which is level with the rampart; = solid bastion n. at solid adj. Compounds 5 (now rare); (b) a bastion having two faces and two flanks, as opposed to a demi-bastion or half-bastion, having only one (cf. demi-bastion n., half-bastion n. at half adj. Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1711 tr. Abbé Du Fay in J. T. Desaguliers tr. J. Ozanam Treat. Fortification App. 202 The whole Bastion is a full Bastion. 1810 W. Duane Mil. Dict. 174/1 Full bastion,..when the level ground within is even with the rampart; that is, when the inside is quite level, the parapet being only more elevated than the rest. 1869 Times 12 Oct. 8/5 The citadel has four full bastion fronts and one half bastion. 1970 Post-Medieval Archaeol. 4 15 The flank of the demi-bastion and one flank of the full bastion. 1993 Proc. Meeting French Colonial Hist. Soc. 17 27 The defences..were to consist of two full bastions, two half-bastions, and three connection curtain walls. < as lemmas |
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