Fortification: alternatives and connections

The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the endi…

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Works of art collectively.

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See Defense.

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Alt. of Defence

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The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.

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Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.

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A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to d…

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A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.

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A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat.

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A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.

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A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged.

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A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected by wings with the mai…

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To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.

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A canoe or boat dug out from a large log.

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The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.

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A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.…

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

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An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.

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The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.

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A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.

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A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground…

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A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like.

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A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses…

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A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

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A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fort…

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

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

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To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

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To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

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A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

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A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

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A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

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

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

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Fortification; stronghold.

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