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BASTION
bastion
(noun) projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
bastion, citadel
(noun) a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
bastion
(noun) a group that defends a principle; “a bastion against corruption”; “the last bastion of communism”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bastion (plural bastions)
A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
(figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
Verb
bastion (third-person singular simple present bastions, present participle bastioning, simple past and past participle bastioned)
(transitive) To furnish with a bastion.
Anagrams
• Bostian, obtains, stiboan
Source: Wiktionary
Bas"tion, n. Etym: [F. bastion (cf. It. bastione), fr. LL. bastire to build (cf. F. b, It. bastire), perh. from the idea of support for a weight, and akin to Gr. to lift, carry, and to E. baston, baton.] (Fort.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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