01 n. A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a…
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A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.(Fort.) See: Ravelin
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A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.(Physiol.)