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‖ oˈrillion, oreillon Fortif.
Also 7 orillioune, origlion, 7– orillon.
[a. F. orillon (ɔrijɔ̃), oreillon ear-shaped appendage, ‘ear’ of any vessel, etc., deriv. of oreille ear: cf. orecchion.]
In obsolete methods of fortification: A part of the defence of a bastion, etc.; see quots.
1647–8Sir C. Cotterell Davila's Hist. Fr. (1678) 524 marg., Orillons are the round shoulders at the ends of the faces of Bastions next the Flanks, which cover the covered Flanks; little used in Holland, but much in Italy and France. 1654Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Warrs Flanders 325 A half Bulwark was thrust out from the Citadel with a great Orillioune. Ibid., The abovesaid Orillion. 1658― tr. Paruta's Wars Cyprus 116 Origlion. 1696Phillips (ed. 5), Orillon, a mass of Earth lin'd with a Wall, built upon the shoulder of Bastions with Casemates to secure the Canon in the retir'd Flank, and hinder it from being dismounted. 1723Pres. St. Russia I. 302 Of four Bastions every one has one Oreillon. 1853Stocqueler Mil. Encycl., Orillon,..a projecting tower at the shoulder of a bastion, covering the flank from exterior view. |