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imp. & p. p.
of Bastinado
n.
A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain.
v. t.
To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
v. t.
To bastinado.
n.
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 defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.
pl.
of Bastinado
n.
A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses.
a.
Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
n.
A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle.
n.
That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
n.
The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.
n.
See Bastinado, n.
n.
A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.
a.
A bastion of a circular form.
v. i.
Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.
n.
A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Bastinado
n.
A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
n.
"The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.
n.
An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.
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