Hypernym

bastion 3

noun

projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

Part_meronym

crownwork 2

noun

a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.

solid bastion 1

noundomain: artefact

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English

Definition

a bastion that is filled up entirely, and has the ground even with the height of the rampart, without any empty space towards the center.

Synonyms

full bastion 1
a bastion that is filled up entirely, and has the ground even with the height of the rampart, without any empty space towards the center.

Part_holonym

crownwork 2

noun

a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.