A bastion cut off by a ditch about its gorge from the body of the place, which latter is thus rendered in a degree independent of the fall of the former.
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Detach>>. II. Detached ·adj Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
On detached service. A squadron may be detached under a commodore or senior officer. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces ...
An escarp wall, originally invented by Carnot, and revived by the Prussians, removed some distance t...
Works included in the scheme of defence of a fortress, but separated from it, and beyond the glacis....
One out of shape from the irregularity of its lines and angles. ...
In fortification, a bastion which has a flank on one side only. ...
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 ...
The part of it adjacent to the junction of a face with a flank. The angle of the shoulder is that fo...