| 单词 | half-bastion |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-bastion half-bastion n. Fortification (now historical) = demi-bastion n. ΘΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion bastion1546 jetty1550 pommel1687 demi-bastion1695 moineau1704 hollow-bastion1706 empty bastion1711 roundel1843 bastionet1847 1629 F. Malthus tr. Treat. Artific. Fire-works xi. 210 Build one bastion, and two halfe bastions taken from the Octogon. 1793 Sun 1 Aug. Three Attacks were formed..one upon the saliant angle of the half bastion upon the right. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 261 A Front of Fortification consists of two half bastions, and a curtain. 2007 R. Ó Baoill Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim (Archaeol. Ireland Heritage Guide No. 36) Along the shoreline there were two half-bastions and two gates, and these fortifications linked up with defensive works at the entrance to the castle, so the town was doubly defended. half-bastion Categories » half-bastion n. < as lemmas |
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