caponnière

• In the centre of these two fronts is a large _caponnière_, mounting ten guns in the upper tier and eight in the lower tier. —  The Life of Gordon, Volume I
• _caponnière_ is on a lower level than the enceinte of the place. —  The Life of Gordon, Volume I
• _caponnière_ defending the entrances, mounting four guns. —  The Life of Gordon, Volume I
• I think that should it ever be in our power to besiege this place (which is not likely, from the enormous difficulty of getting a siege train there), that batteries might be established on the hillocks between the fortress and the river, to breach the large _caponnière_ and the tower _A_ which, from the formation of the ground, would not be opposed by more fire than the direct fire of the works they were intended to breach, and which would be limited by their circular form to about seven guns. —  The Life of Gordon, Volume I
• _caponnière_ with two guns in each flank to defend the dead angles caused by the non-excavation of the whole of the ditch. —  The Life of Gordon, Volume I

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