Associations to the word «Hornwork»

Wiktionary

HORNWORK, noun. A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.

Wise words

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