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Webster 1913 Edition

Bacule

Bac′ule

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Noun.

[F.]

(Fort.)

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Webster 1828 Edition

Bacule

BAC'ULE

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Noun.

In fortification, a kind of portcullis or gate, made

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like a pit-fall, with a counterpoise, and supported by two great stakes.