Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See vantmure.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Fort.) A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall.

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  • noun A false wall raised in front of the main wall as a fortification.

Etymologies

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From French avant-mur. See vanguard and mure.

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