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Webster 1913 Edition
Crownwork
Crown′workˊ
(-w?rkˊ)
, Noun.
(Fort.)
A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected by wings with the main work or the river bank.
Definition 2024
crownwork
crownwork
English
Noun
crownwork (plural crownworks)
- A type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.