A projecting part of a fortification, shaped so as to allow defensive fire in several directions and typically located at an angle or corner of…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion (27) bastion1546 A projecting part of a fortification, shaped so as to allow defensive fire in several directions and typically located at an angle or corner of… jetty1550 A bulwark, a bastion. Obsolete. pommel1687 A rounded or semi-globular projecting part. A bastion. Cf. pome, n.1 5. Obsolete. demi-bastion1695 A work of the form of half a bastion, having one face and one flank. moineau1704 A small low bastion placed in front of a long curtain wall, or in front of a projected fortification during construction. hollow-bastion1706 (see quot. 1706). empty bastion1711 a bastion, the interior surface of which is lower than the rampart; = hollow-bastion n. at hollow, adj. adv.compounds 3b; cf. full bastion n. at full… roundel1843 Fortification. A circular tower or bastion; = rondel, n. 1c. bastionet1847 A small bastion, typically situated at the extremity of a bastion or other fortification. Subcategories:— parts of (13) — two half bastions and curtain (1) — connecting lines (1) — other works connected with bastions (3) |
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