caponier
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French caponnière.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
caponier (plural caponiers)
- (military, historical) A work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).
Translations[edit]
fortification structure
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