( n. )
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.
( n. )
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012