caponier

cap·o·nier
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UK/ˌkæp.əˈnɪə/US/ˌkæp.əˈnɪɚ/

noun

A work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).

OriginFrench caponnière →
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Meanings

nouncaponier (plural caponiers)

plural caponiers · alternative caponiere

  1. historicalgovernmentA work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).

Origin

  1. Frenchcaponnière
  2. Englishcaponier

From French caponnière.

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Translations

Catalan caponera
  • caponerafortification structure
Finnish kaponieeri
  • kaponieerifortification structure
French caponnière
  • caponnièrefortification structure
German Kaponniere
  • Kaponnierefortification structure
Italian caponiera
  • caponierafortification structure
Polish kaponiera
  • kaponierafortification structure
Spanish caponera
  • caponerafortification structure
Swedish kaponjär
  • kaponjärfortification structure

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with caponier

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Anagrams

procaineapocrine
Cite this entry
APA

caponier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caponier

MLA

“caponier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caponier. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caponier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caponier.

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