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HORNWORK
Etymology
Noun
hornwork (plural hornworks)
A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.
Source: Wiktionary
Horn"work`, n. (Fort.)
Definition: An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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