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Antero-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Bastion
noun · 78% connection
A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Batardeau
noun · 78% connection
A cofferdam.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Capital
noun · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the head.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Catchdrain
noun · 78% connection
A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Chancel
verb · 78% connection
That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Citadel
noun · 78% connection
A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Construction
noun · 78% connection
The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Countermarch
verb · 78% connection
To march back, or to march in reversed order.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Counterscarf
noun · 78% connection
The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Crownwork
noun · 78% connection
A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected by win…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Curtain
noun · 78% connection
A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Defend
verb · 78% connection
To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Dig
verb · 78% connection
To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrumen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Ditch
noun · 78% connection
A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for prevent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Donjon
noun · 78% connection
The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illus…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Drop
noun · 78% connection
The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured po…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
Dungeon
noun · 78% connection
A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, constructed, beyond, main, ditch.
