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单词 bastionet
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bastionetn.

Brit. /ˌbastɪəˈnɛt/, U.S. /ˌbæstʃəˈnɛt/, /ˌbæstiəˈnɛt/
Forms: 1800s– bastionet, 1800s– bastionette.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: bastion n., -et suffix1.
Etymology: < bastion n. + -et suffix1, perhaps after French bastionnet (1845 or earlier).With the form bastionette compare -ette suffix.
Chiefly historical after the 19th cent.
A small bastion, typically situated at the extremity of a bastion or other fortification.
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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
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).
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