caponiere

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A form of caponier — 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

nouncaponiere (plural caponieres)

plural caponieres

  1. alternativeAlternative form of caponier.

Origin

  1. Frenchcaponnière
  2. Englishcaponiere

French caponnière

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APA

caponiere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caponiere

MLA

“caponiere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caponiere. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caponiere,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caponiere.

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