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Sap :: Sap (n.) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc..

Siege :: Siege (n.) Rank; grade; station; estimation.

Odyssey :: Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy..

Siege :: Siege (n.) Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches..

Ponvolant :: Ponvolant (n.) A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge..

Sally :: Sally (v. i.) To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.

Assiege :: Assiege (v. t.) To besiege.

Leaguer :: Leaguer (v. t.) To besiege; to beleaguer.

Siege :: Siege (n.) Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

Siege :: Siege (n.) A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne..

Coupure :: Coupure (n.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.

Leaguer :: Leaguer (n.) A siege or beleaguering.

Obsidional :: Obsidional (a.) Of or pertaining to a siege.

Sortie :: Sortie (n.) The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally..

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation..

Siegework :: Siegework (n.) A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.

Siege :: Siege (n.) A workman's bench.

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post..

Keep :: Keep (n.) That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle..

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