covered way

noun

In a fortification, a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrison an open line of communication around the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch.

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Meanings

nouncovered way (plural covered ways)

plural covered ways · alternative covert-way

  1. In a fortification, a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrison an open line of communication around the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch.
  2. A roofed walkway.

Translations

Finnish katvetie, katettu jalkakäytävä
  • katvetiecorridor along the top of the counterscarp
  • katettu jalkakäytäväroofed walkway
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APA

covered way. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/covered%20way

MLA

“covered way.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/covered%20way. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “covered way,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/covered%20way.

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