caponiern.

/kapəˈnɪə/

Forms: Also caponiere, caponnière, kaponier.

Etymology: < French caponnière, < Spanish caponera in same sense; originally a capon-cote or mews, < capon capon n. Many modern writers have used the French form.

‘A covered passage across the ditch of a fortified place, for the purpose either of sheltering communication with outworks or of affording a flanking fire to the ditch in which it stands’ (Stocqueler Mil. Dict. 1853).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > covered ways

way1481

corridor1591

covert way1591

caponier1683

covered-way1685

1683 London Gaz. No. 1858/6 A Retrenchment..which we still maintain, to cover the Caponiers we have in the Ditch.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Caponniere.

1772 T. Simes Mil. Guide Caponier.

1830 E. S. N. Campbell Dict. Mil. Sci. Caponière.

1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. iv. 39 Of its eight angles, every other one was supplied with a little bastion or caponiere.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 138/2 Kaponiers are large casemated masonry buildings for the defence of the ditches of permanent works on the polygonal system.

1882 St. James's Gaz. 6 Feb. Strong caponiers for flanking the ditches.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	caponier
释义	caponiern. /kapəˈnɪə/ Forms: Also caponiere, caponnière, kaponier. Etymology: < French caponnière, < Spanish caponera in same sense; originally a capon-cote or mews, < capon capon n. Many modern writers have used the French form. ‘A covered passage across the ditch of a fortified place, for the purpose either of sheltering communication with outworks or of affording a flanking fire to the ditch in which it stands’ (Stocqueler Mil. Dict. 1853). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > covered ways way1481 corridor1591 covert way1591 caponier1683 covered-way1685 1683 London Gaz. No. 1858/6 A Retrenchment..which we still maintain, to cover the Caponiers we have in the Ditch. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Caponniere. 1772 T. Simes Mil. Guide Caponier. 1830 E. S. N. Campbell Dict. Mil. Sci. Caponière. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. iv. 39 Of its eight angles, every other one was supplied with a little bastion or caponiere. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 138/2 Kaponiers are large casemated masonry buildings for the defence of the ditches of permanent works on the polygonal system. 1882 St. James's Gaz. 6 Feb. Strong caponiers for flanking the ditches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1683
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