Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In fortification, a work with one front only, thrown out beyond the glacis, for the purpose of occupying rising ground, barring a defile, covering a bridge-head, strengthening any weak salient, or protecting buildings, the including of which in the original enceinte would have extended it to an inconvenient degree.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fort.) An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun 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, orravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.
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Examples
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In an attempt to copy French patterns, in the fall of 1754 Innes erected a small square enclosure with storehouses and adjunct works surrounding barracks, and a hornwork projecting from the main enclosure.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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It could house only 200 men, so a stockaded hornwork with barracks was added later.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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In an attempt to copy French patterns, in the fall of 1754 Innes erected a small square enclosure with storehouses and adjunct works surrounding barracks, and a hornwork projecting from the main enclosure.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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In an attempt to copy French patterns, in the fall of 1754 Innes erected a small square enclosure with storehouses and adjunct works surrounding barracks, and a hornwork projecting from the main enclosure.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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In an attempt to copy French patterns, in the fall of 1754 Innes erected a small square enclosure with storehouses and adjunct works surrounding barracks, and a hornwork projecting from the main enclosure.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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It could house only 200 men, so a stockaded hornwork with barracks was added later.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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It could house only 200 men, so a stockaded hornwork with barracks was added later.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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It could house only 200 men, so a stockaded hornwork with barracks was added later.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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And he laid his hand, as Drayton might have said, on that stout bastion, hornwork, ravelin, or demilune, which formed the outworks to the citadel of his purple isle of man.
Westward Ho! 2007
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All round the inside of the star, tucked away under the parapets, were the rude shelters of the infantry, while a hornwork held the troops of cavalry.
The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband
chained_bear commented on the word hornwork
Outer earthwork obstacle usually set before an entrance to impede attackers.
August 25, 2008