hornworks

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A form of hornwork — A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of hornwork
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