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Definition of Bastioned

Bastioned
Bastioned Bas"tioned, a. Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
Bastion
Bastion Bas"tion, n. [F. bastion (cf. It. bastione), fr. LL. bastire to build (cf. F. b?tir, It. bastire), perh. from the idea of support for a weight, and akin to Gr. ? to lift, carry, and to E. baston, baton.] (Fort.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.

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- A bastion or bulwark is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the...
- Erdélyi Bastion is a bastion at Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. It is sometimes called in English the Transylvanian bastion. It is the strongest part...
- Halászbástya (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈhɒlaːzbaːʃcɒ]) or Fisherman's Bastion is one of the best known monuments in Budapest, located near the Buda Castle...
- Bastion is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Scott Lobdell and Pascual Ferry and...
- Look up bastion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A bastion is a fortification work projecting outward from the main enclosure. Bastion may also refer...
- The Middelburg Bastion (Dutch: Bastion Middelburgh) was one of nine bastions of the Fortress of Malacca, in Melaka City, Melaka, Malaysia located at the...
- A bastion fort or trace italienne (a phrase derived from non-standard French, literally meaning 'Italian outline') is a fortification in a style that...
- Bastion House is an office block in the Barbican area of the City of London, England. The building was designed by Powell & Moya and completed in 1976...
- The ACMAT Bastion is a modern French armoured personnel carrier, manufactured by ACMAT. The Bastion was available to customers in North America and Oceania...
- bastion host is a special-purpose computer on a network specifically designed and configured to withstand attacks, so named by analogy to the bastion...