单词 | bastionet |
释义 | bastionetn. Chiefly historical after the 19th cent. A small bastion, typically situated at the extremity of a bastion or other fortification. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion bastion1546 jetty1550 pommel1687 demi-bastion1695 moineau1704 hollow-bastion1706 empty bastion1711 roundel1843 bastionet1847 1847 Papers on Duties Corps Royal Engineers IX. i. ii. 5 The fort is a kind of bonnet de prêtre, with the angles very obtuse, flanked by a bastionet. 1863 Times 1 Jan. 6/5 Jutting out from the main body of the fortress into the ditch are to be two bastionettes. 1962 Archaeol. Jrnl. 119 347 An irregular hexagon, flanked by musketry from ‘bastionettes’ at the angles. 2018 R. Jackson Ascent John Tyndall xvi. 271 A bastionet on a wall erected to defend Oran from the Arabs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1847 |
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