英语词汇“retired flank”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

retired flank n. [after French flanc retiré (1689 in the passage translated in quot. 1691)] Fortification (now historical) a flank (flank n.¹ 7) built behind the outer walls of a bastion.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion > other works connected with bastions

redoubta1608

retired flank1691

hollow tower1706

1691 A. Swall tr. S. Le P. de Vauban New Method Fortification i. iv. 9 The Cannon conceal'd in the retired Flanks is usually charg'd with such Cartouches to make the more Havock.

1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 618/2 The orillons are very useful in covering the retired flanks, which cannot be seen but directly in the front.

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 67 Their principal use is on board ship; but they are sometimes used in casemates, or retired flanks of fortresses.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 423 Orillon, a semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank.

2000 M. M. Elbl in J. D. Tracy City Walls xii. 382 The batteries in the retired flanks were protected by orillions.

单词	retired flank
释义	> as lemmas retired flank retired flank n. [after French flanc retiré (1689 in the passage translated in quot. 1691)] Fortification (now historical) a flank (flank n.¹ 7) built behind the outer walls of a bastion. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion > other works connected with bastions redoubta1608 retired flank1691 hollow tower1706 1691 A. Swall tr. S. Le P. de Vauban New Method Fortification i. iv. 9 The Cannon conceal'd in the retired Flanks is usually charg'd with such Cartouches to make the more Havock. 1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 618/2 The orillons are very useful in covering the retired flanks, which cannot be seen but directly in the front. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 67 Their principal use is on board ship; but they are sometimes used in casemates, or retired flanks of fortresses. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 423 Orillon, a semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank. 2000 M. M. Elbl in J. D. Tracy City Walls xii. 382 The batteries in the retired flanks were protected by orillions. extracted from retiredadj.n. < as lemmas
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