bastion 音标拼音: [b'æstʃən]
n . 棱堡,阵地工事
棱堡,阵地工事
bastion n 1 :
a group that defends a principle ; "
a bastion against corruption "; "
the last bastion of communism "
2 :
a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle [
synonym : {
bastion }, {
citadel }]
3 :
projecting part of a rampart or other fortification Bastion \
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n . [
F .
bastion (
cf .
It .
bastione ),
fr .
LL .
bastire to build (
cf .
F .
b [^
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tir ,
It .
bastire ),
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from the idea of support for a weight ,
and akin to Gr .
basta `
zein to lift ,
carry ,
and to E .
baston ,
baton .] (
Fort .)
A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification ,
consisting of two faces and two flanks ,
and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain ,
or wall which extends from one bastion to another .
Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain ,
which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other .
The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge .
A lunette is a detached bastion .
See {
Ravelin }.
[
1913 Webster ]
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "
bastion ":
abatis ,
acropolis ,
advanced work ,
balistraria ,
bank ,
banquette ,
barbed -
wire entanglement ,
barbican ,
barricade ,
barrier ,
bartizan ,
battlement ,
beachhead ,
blockhouse ,
breastwork ,
bridgehead ,
bulwark ,
bunker ,
casemate ,
castle ,
cheval -
de -
frise ,
circumvallation ,
citadel ,
contravallation ,
counterscarp ,
curtain ,
demibastion ,
dike ,
donjon ,
drawbridge ,
earthwork ,
enclosure ,
entanglement ,
escarp ,
escarpment ,
fasthold ,
fastness ,
fence ,
fieldwork ,
fort ,
fortalice ,
fortification ,
fortress ,
garrison ,
garrison house ,
glacis ,
hold ,
keep ,
loophole ,
lunette ,
machicolation ,
mantelet ,
martello ,
martello tower ,
merlon ,
mote ,
motte ,
mound ,
outwork ,
palisade ,
parados ,
parapet ,
peel ,
peel tower ,
pillbox ,
portcullis ,
post ,
postern gate ,
rampart ,
rath ,
ravelin ,
redan ,
redoubt ,
safehold ,
sally port ,
scarp ,
sconce ,
stockade ,
strong point ,
stronghold ,
tenaille ,
tower ,
tower of strength ,
vallation ,
vallum ,
ward ,
work
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