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

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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

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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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