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Munition

Fortification; stronghold.

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Ammunition 76% connected

Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.

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Armament 76% connected

A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.

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Bastion 76% connected

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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Bomb 76% connected

A great noise; a hollow sound.

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Breastwork 76% connected

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

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Bunker 76% connected

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

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Castle 76% connected

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

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Contravallation 76% connected

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

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Crownwork 76% connected

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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Defilade 76% connected

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

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Dugout 76% connected

A canoe or boat dug out from a large log.

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Escarp 76% connected

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

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Escarpment 76% connected

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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Fieldwork 76% connected

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

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Gunnery 76% connected

That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.

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Hardware 76% connected

Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.

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Hornwork 76% connected

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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Intrenchment 76% connected

The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.

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Lunette 76% connected

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

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Palisade 76% connected

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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Parapet 76% connected

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

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Redoubt 76% connected

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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Scarp 76% connected

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

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Stockade 76% connected

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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Arm 76% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Armament 76% connected

A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.

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Defence 76% connected

See Defense.

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Defense 76% connected

Alt. of Defence

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Instrumentality 76% connected

The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.

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Instrumentation 76% connected

The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.

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Arm 70% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Bulwark 70% connected

A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

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Rampart 70% connected

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

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Wall 70% connected

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

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Weapon 70% connected

An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring…

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Arms 92% connected

Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.

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Fortification 92% connected

The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.

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Ordnance 92% connected

Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in…

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Weaponry 92% connected

Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry.

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