† moineaun.

Forms: 1700s moyeneau, 1700s–1800s moineau.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French moineau.

Etymology: < Middle French moineau (late 15th cent.; also in sense ‘corner bastion’), metaphorical application of moineau sparrow (c1200 in Old French as moinnel ) < moine (see monk n.¹) + -el , -eau -el suffix², on account of the similarity of the bird's plumage to a monk's habit.With the sense development compare corbel n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (moi·no, ‖mwano) /ˈmɔɪnəʊ/ /mwano/. Whether the word was ever sufficiently current in English to have a settled pronunciation seems doubtful.

Fortification. Obsolete. rare.

A small low bastion placed in front of a long curtain wall, or in front of a projected fortification during construction.

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

bastion1546

jetty1550

pommel1687

demi-bastion1695

moineau1704

hollow-bastion1706

empty bastion1711

roundel1843

bastionet1847

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Moyeneau..is a small flat Bastion, commonly placed in the middle of an over-long Curtain, by which the Bastions at the Extremities are not well defended from the Small-shot, by reason of their Distance; so that this Work is proper for placing in it a Body of Musqueteers to fire upon the Enemy from all sides.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Moineau.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Moineau, a French term for a little flat bastion, raised upon a re-entering angle, before a curtain which is too long, between two other bastions.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	moineau
释义	† moineaun. Forms: 1700s moyeneau, 1700s–1800s moineau. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French moineau. Etymology: < Middle French moineau (late 15th cent.; also in sense ‘corner bastion’), metaphorical application of moineau sparrow (c1200 in Old French as moinnel ) < moine (see monk n.¹) + -el , -eau -el suffix², on account of the similarity of the bird's plumage to a monk's habit.With the sense development compare corbel n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (moi·no, ‖mwano) /ˈmɔɪnəʊ/ /mwano/. Whether the word was ever sufficiently current in English to have a settled pronunciation seems doubtful. Fortification. Obsolete. rare. A small low bastion placed in front of a long curtain wall, or in front of a projected fortification during construction. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion bastion1546 jetty1550 pommel1687 demi-bastion1695 moineau1704 hollow-bastion1706 empty bastion1711 roundel1843 bastionet1847 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Moyeneau..is a small flat Bastion, commonly placed in the middle of an over-long Curtain, by which the Bastions at the Extremities are not well defended from the Small-shot, by reason of their Distance; so that this Work is proper for placing in it a Body of Musqueteers to fire upon the Enemy from all sides. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Moineau. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Moineau, a French term for a little flat bastion, raised upon a re-entering angle, before a curtain which is too long, between two other bastions.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1704
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