a type of detached earthwork (see sconce, n.3 1).
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释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > outwork > other outworks (4) field-sconce1639 a type of detached earthwork (see sconce, n.3 1). redan1684 Fortification. A simple fieldwork, having two faces which form a salient angle, and normally open at the rear. Also in extended use. horseshoe1698 Applied to things shaped like a horseshoe, or a circular arc larger than a semi-circle. Fortification. (See quot. 1704.) lunette1704 Fortification. A work larger than a redan, consisting of two faces, and two flanks (G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict.). |
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