demibastion

demibastion
demi·bastion

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  • Demibastion — Dem i*bas tion (?; 106), n. [Cf. F. demi bastion.] (Fort.) A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Demibastion — (fr., spr. Dmibastjong), halbes Bollwerk; Demibrigade (spr. Dmibrigahd), Halbbrigade …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • demibastion — demibastioned, adj. /dem ee bas cheuhn/, n. Fort. a work consisting of half a bastion, and hence having one face and one flank. [1685 95; DEMI + BASTION] * * * …   Universalium

  • demibastion — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: demi + bastion : a half bastion consisting of one face and one flank * * * demibastioned, adj. /dem ee bas cheuhn/, n. Fort. a work consisting of half a bastion, and hence having one face and one flank. [1685 95; DEMI + …   Useful english dictionary

  • abatis — Synonyms and related words: advanced work, balistraria, bank, banquette, barbed wire entanglement, barbican, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, breastwork, bulwark, casemate, cheval de frise, circumvallation, contravallation,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bank — Synonyms and related words: Bank of England, Bank of France, Federal Reserve bank, Fort Knox, Indian file, Indian reservation, International Monetary Fund, Lombard Street bank, Swiss bank, World Bank, abatis, abutment, advanced work, align,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • barbican — Synonyms and related words: abatis, advanced work, antenna tower, balistraria, bank, banquette, barbed wire entanglement, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, belfry, bell tower, breastwork, bulwark, campanile, casemate, cheval de… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • barricade — Synonyms and related words: abatis, advanced work, arm, armor, armor plate, balistraria, bang, bank, banquette, bar, barbed wire entanglement, barbican, barrier, bartizan, bastion, batten, batten down, battle, battlement, blank wall, block, block …   Moby Thesaurus

  • barrier — Synonyms and related words: abatis, advanced work, arch dam, backstop, balistraria, balustrade, bamboo curtain, bank, banquette, bar, barbed wire entanglement, barbican, barrage, barricade, bartizan, bastion, battlement, bear trap dam, beaver dam …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bartizan — Synonyms and related words: abatis, advanced work, balistraria, bank, banquette, barbed wire entanglement, barbican, barricade, barrier, bastion, battlement, breastwork, bulwark, casemate, cheval de frise, circumvallation, contravallation,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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