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BASTION (through the Fr. from late Lat. bastire, to build)

BASTION (through the Fr. from
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LATE
late
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LAT
Lat. bastire, to build) , a

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WORK

work forming

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PART

part of a

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LINE

line of fortifications . The

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general trace of a

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BASTION (through the Fr. from late Lat. bastire, to build)

bastion is similar to an irregular pentagon formed by a triangle and a narrow rectangle, the

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BASE

base of the triangle coinciding with the

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side of the rectangle . The two sides of the triangle

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FORM (Lat. forma)

form the " faces " of the bastion, which join at the " salient "

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ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle, the

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SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short sides of the rectangle form the "flanks." Bastions were arranged so that the

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FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire from the flanks of each protected not only the front of the

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CURTAIN

curtain but also the faces of the adjacent bastions . A "

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TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower bastion " is a

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case-mated tower built in bastion form; a " demi-bastion " is a work formed by

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HALF

half a bastion (bisected through the salient angle) and by a

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PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from para, imperative of Ital. porare, to cover, defend, and petto, breast, Lat. pectus; the German word is Brustwehr)

parapet along the line of bisection; a "

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FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat bastion " is a bastion built on a curtain and having a very obtuse salient angle .

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