= orillon, n.
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释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion > parts of (13) orecchionc1585 = orillon, n. pome1598 Fortification. The rounded projecting shoulder of a bastion. Obsolete. face1648 Fortification. Now historical. Either of the two sides of a bastion which meet at the salient angle (cf. salient, adj. 4, bastion, n.). orillon1648 A projecting tower or shoulder at the corner of a bastion, between the face and a flank, used to defend the flank. gola1663 Fortification. The neck or entrance of a bastion. Cf. gorge, n.1 6. Obsolete. rare. neck1668 The narrow part of a vessel, passage, cavity, etc. Fortification. The narrow part of a bastion or embrasure. Obsolete. gorge1669 Fortification. The neck of a bastion or other outwork; the entrance from the rear to the platform or body of a work (cf. quot. 1834). neckline1672 Fortification. The narrow part of a bastion or embrasure; = neck, n.1 5c. Obsolete. shoulder1672 Fortification. = epaule, n. epaule1702 The ‘shoulder’ of a bastion, i.e. the place where the face and flank meet. demi-gorge1706 That part of the internal polygon from the angle of the curtain to the centre of the bastion (or point where the lines of the two adjacent curtains… pan1707 Fortification. The face of a bastion. See bastion, n. 2a. Obsolete. rare. throat1728 Fortification. The entrance to a bastion or outwork from the main body of a fortification; = gorge, n.1 6. Cf. neck, n.1 5c. |
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