(a) a cap worn by a priest; (b) Fortification an outwork with three salient and two re-entrant angles.

(a) a plant (not identified, perhaps = priest's hood n.); (b) = priest's cap n. (b).

Fortification. An outwork characterized by two projections with a re-entrant angle between them, suggesting a swallow's tail.

Fortification. = arrow, n. 9.

Fortification. An arrowhead-shaped rudimentary fieldwork placed at the salient angle of the glacis. Cf. flèche, n. 1, redan, n. 1. Obsolete.