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Gabionage :: Gabionage (n.) The part of a fortification built of gabions.

Ward :: Ward (n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc..

Base :: Base (n.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc..

Work :: Work (n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works..

Stockade :: Stockade (v. t.) A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification..

Munition :: Munition (n.) Fortification; stronghold.

Armament :: Armament (n.) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification..

Parados :: Parados (n.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse..

Flanker :: Flanker (v. t.) To defend by lateral fortifications.

Barricade :: Barricade (n.) A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access..

Rath :: Rath (n.) A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.

Bulwark :: Bulwark (n.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

Breach :: Breach (n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture..

Corridor :: Corridor (n.) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

Donjon :: Donjon (n.) The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle..

Murdress :: Murdress (n.) A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.

Madrier :: Madrier (n.) A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.

Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes..

Spyboat :: Spy (n.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer..

Mine :: Mine (v. i.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent..

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