caponier
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French caponnière.
Noun
caponier (plural caponiers)
- (military, historical) A work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).
Translations
fortification structure
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