English Explanatory Dictionary

counterguard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.

Word forms

counterguard counterguards

Etymology

From counter- + guard.

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