In fortification, a bastion which has a flank on one side only.
·noun A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun ·see <<Demy>>, ·noun. ...
·- A prefix, signifying half. ...
One out of shape from the irregularity of its lines and angles. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A bastion cut off by a ditch about its gorge from the body of the place, which latter is thus render...
In fortification is a bastion whereof the terreplein, or terrace in rear of the parapet, not having ...
In fortification, is a bastion whereof the terreplein, or terrace in rear of the parapet, is extende...
In fortification, a bastion of which the terreplein or interior terrace is not continued beyond a ce...
One whose opposite faces or flanks do not correspond; this, as well as the constant irregularity of ...
·noun <<Peninsula>>. ...
·noun A work of sculpture of the above character. ·see Alto-rilievo. II. Demi-rilievo ·noun Half re...
·add. ·noun A small cup for, or of, black coffee. ...
An ancient name for a gun carrying a ball of 33 pounds weight, with a length of from 12 to 14 feet, ...
An ancient cannon which threw a ball of 9 pounds weight, was about 9 feet long, and 4 inches in diam...
In fortification, that form of retaining wall for the face of a rampart which is only carried up as ...
·noun A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note. ...
The part of it adjacent to the junction of a face with a flank. The angle of the shoulder is that fo...