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PARAPET |
Fortification |
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MUNITION |
Fortification; stronghold. |
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MUNIFICENCE |
Means of defense; fortification. |
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AFFORCEMENT |
A fortress; a fortification for defense. |
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RATH |
A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland. |
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SCONCE |
A fortification, or work for defense; a fort. |
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VALLUM |
A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification. |
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BULWARK |
A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork. |
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GABIONAGE |
The part of a fortification built of gabions. |
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ENCEINTE |
The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. |
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MASK |
In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the
caponiere. |
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BOULEVARD |
Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or
fortified town. |
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OCTAGON |
Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight
sides or angles. |
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FORTALICE |
A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; --
called also fortelace. |
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BREASTHEIGHT |
The interior slope of a fortification, against which
the garrison lean in firing. |
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CONTOUR |
The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of
works of fortification. |
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FIELDWORK |
Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the
field; -- commonly in the plural. |
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PLAY |
To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a
fortification; to play a trump. |
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ARMAMENT |
All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their
equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification. |
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MAGAZINE |
The building or room in which the supply of powder is
kept in a fortification or a ship. |
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SALVO |
A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in
endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley. |
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BARBETTE |
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on
which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. |
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GARRISON |
To place troops in, as a fortification, for its
defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town. |
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EARTHWORK |
Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or
permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which
is chiefly earth. |
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CRITICALLY |
At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation,
place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification
critically situated. |