A fort with five bastions; = pentagon, n. 2. rare.
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释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > fort according to shape (10) pentagonon1625 A fort with five bastions; = pentagon, n. 2. rare. star-sconce1632 = star fort n.; cf. sconce, n.3 1a. octagon1648 Fortification. A fort having eight bastions. Obsolete. pentagon1648 Fortification. A fort having a pentagonal shape, a fort with five bastions. Now historical. hexagon1669 Fortification. A fort with six bastions. star fort1669 a fort whose ground plan is in the shape of the figure of a star, the outside edge or rampart having alternate salient and re-entrant angles; cf. e… tetragon1669 A square fort; a quadrangular building or block of buildings. Cf. quadrangle, n. 3. star1672 An object having the form of a conventional image of a star (see sense 10a). = star fort n. at compounds 5. Now rare. star redoubt1687 = star fort n.; (also) the fortifications surrounding such a fort. trigon1688 A triangular fort. Obsolete. |
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