单词 | orillon |
释义 | orillonn. Fortification. Now historical. A projecting tower or shoulder at the corner of a bastion, between the face and a flank, used to defend the flank. ΘΚΠ 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 1648 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Contin. Civill Warres France xii. 1058 (margin) Orillons [1641 It. recchione] are the round shoulders at the ends of the faces of Bastions next the Flanks, which cover the covered Flanks; little used in Holland, but much in Italy and France. 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders iii. ii. 325 A half Bulwark was thrust out from the Citadel with a great Orillioune [1645 It. orecchione]. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Orillon, a mass of Earth lin'd with a Wall, built upon the shoulder of Bastions with Casemates to secure the Canon in the retir'd Flank, and hinder it from being dismounted. 1723 tr. F. C. Weber Present State Russia I. 302 Of four Bastions every one has one Oreillon. 1859 H. Douglas Observ. Mod. Systems Fortification ii. 146 Near each orillon two of the vaults on the flank have embrasures, from which the ditch may be defended by grazing fires of artillery. 1907 E. H. Blair et al. tr. A. de Morga Philippine Islands 123 Its shape is that of a rectangle, with four full bastions—three with straight flanks, and one with an orillon. 1967 Amer. Hist. Rev. 72 428 Each bastion was connected to the main fortress by a short neck, or flanker, with lateral openings or casemates (normally protected from direct enemy fire by masonry ears, or orillions, on the bastion). 1999 G. Williams Stronghold Britain vi. 179 Three massive bastions and two demi-bastions, each with orillons to protect their flanks, thrust forward into the wide ditch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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