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‖ cunette Fortif.|kjuːˈnɛt|
Also 7 cunett.
[a. F. cunette (1642 in Oudin), a. It. cunetta (1611 in Florio) in same sense. This is said by Hatzfeld and Darmesteter to be an aphæretic form of lacunetta (dim. of lacuna lagoon, ditch, etc.), the la- being confounded with the definite article. According to Th. Corneille lacunette was the original form in French also.]
A trench sunk along the middle of the dry ditch or moat, serving as a drain, and as an obstacle to the passage of the enemy, or to prevent mining.
1688J. S. Fortification iii, I also make a Cunett in my great Moat. 1721in Bailey. 1763Chron. in Ann. Reg. 112/2 The cunette of Dunkirk is entirely filled up, excepting a trifling part, for which there was no earth. 1828–40Napier Penins. War xvi. v. (Rtldg.) II. 350 A cunette, or second ditch, had been dug at the bottom of the great ditch. |