Definition of Fortifications. Meaning of Fortifications. Synonyms of Fortifications

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Definition of Fortifications

Fortification
Fortification For`ti*fi*ca"tion, n. [L. fortificatio : cf. F. fortification.] 1. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy. 2. That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle. Fortification agate, Scotch pebble. Syn: Fortress; citadel; bulwark. See Fortress.

Meaning of Fortifications from wikipedia

- castles. Medieval-style fortifications were largely made obsolete by the arrival of cannons in the 14th century. Fortifications in the age of black powder...
- In fortification architecture, a bank or rampart is a length of embankment or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement...
- between medieval and early modern fortification can be seen in the fortifications of Rhodes in Greece and the fortifications of Famagusta in Cyprus. Just as...
- distance inland. At the same time, the fortifications of Portsmouth and Gosport became part of the wider fortifications of the Solent. Old Portsmouth, on the...
- The fortifications of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安城墙), also known as Xi'an City Wall, in Xi'an, represent one of the oldest, largest and best preserved Chinese city...
- defensive fortifications. Elvas, in Portugal is considered by some to be the best surviving example of the Dutch school of fortifications. When the newly-effective...
- sometimes called a fortification spectrum (i.e. teichopsia, from Gr**** τεῖχος, town wall), because of its resemblance to the fortifications of a castle or...
- launching projectiles at the fortifications or defenders, it was also quite common to attempt to undermine the fortifications, causing them to collapse....
- Ripley, George; Dana, Charles Anderson, eds. (1859), "Fortification: III Field Fortifications", The New American Cyclopaedia: A Po****r Dictionary of...
- on preserving the fortifications for the sake of their architectural or historical value – on the one hand, complete fortifications were restored (Carc****onne)...