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Earthwork

Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.

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Bulwark 76% connected

A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

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Rampart 76% connected

That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.

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Wall 76% connected

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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Sconce 76% connected

A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.

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Afforcement noun · 78% connection

A fortress; a fortification for defense.

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Assault noun · 78% connection

To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assai…

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Barbette noun · 78% connection

A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

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Barrack noun · 78% connection

A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied…

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Barricade noun · 78% connection

A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy.…

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Bunker noun · 78% connection

a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

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Crownwork noun · 78% connection

a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from…

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Demurrer noun · 78% connection

A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alle…

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Discontinuance noun · 78% connection

the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)

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Discontinuation noun · 78% connection

the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)

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Dugout noun · 78% connection

a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

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Facing noun · 78% connection

The finishing of any face of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material so u…

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False superl. · 78% connection

Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

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Fieldwork noun · 78% connection

Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the field; -- commonly in the plural.

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Fort noun · 78% connection

A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet,…

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Fortress noun · 78% connection

A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense…

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Fund verb · 78% connection

To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (a…

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Garrison verb · 78% connection

To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town.

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