TRAVERSE  , in fortification, a See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth or other material employed to protect troops against See also:

• ENFILADE (a French word, from enfiler, to thread, and so to pass through from end to end)

enfilade . It is constructed at right angles to the See also:

• 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 manned by the defenders, and is continued sufficiently far to the See also:

• REAR

rear to give the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection required by the circumstances, which, moreover, determine its height . A traverse is sometimes utilized as a See also:

• CASEMATE (Ital. casa, a house, and matta, dull or dim)

casemate . See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

Ordinary See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field-See also:

• WORKS

works, not less than those of more solid construction, require traversing, though if the trenches, instead of being continuous, are broken into See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short lengths, they are traversed by the unbroken earth intervening between each length .