† contrafrontn.

Etymology: < Italian contrafronte ‘the spurre or inner part of a bulwarke’ (Florio): see contra- prefix 3. Compare counterfront n.

Fortification. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > outwork > angular projection

spur1575

esperon1589

contrafront1598

counterfront1622

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres Gloss. 250 Contrafront, or spurre, is the inner part of the wall of a bulwarke.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	contrafront
释义	† contrafrontn. Etymology: < Italian contrafronte ‘the spurre or inner part of a bulwarke’ (Florio): see contra- prefix 3. Compare counterfront n. Fortification. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > outwork > angular projection spur1575 esperon1589 contrafront1598 counterfront1622 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres Gloss. 250 Contrafront, or spurre, is the inner part of the wall of a bulwarke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1598
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