Demilune - Law Dictionary Search Results

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Demilune

A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress and in front of the curtain between two bastions intended to defend the curtain a ravelin See Ravelin...

Ravelin

A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place Formerly called demilune and half moon...

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