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A raised bank, usually of earth, less comonly of stone. The word is sometimes employed figuratively to describe any sort of defensive wall
Brice, Martin, Fort and Fortresses, 1990
A bank of earth behind the ditch, on top of which is formed the parapet. It is genrally built from earth excavated from the ditch and serves to give the necessary command to the parapet
Hogg, Ian, The History of Fortifications1981
Triangle outwork, placed in the ditch in front of a curtain or entrance gate.
A work constructed outside the curtain , of two faces meeting a salient angle,with two demi gorges. Used to cover the curtain, the gates, or the flank of a bastion.
A small self-contained fieldwork with earth, stone or sandbag ramparts and sometimes a ditch beyond. It serves as a base and refuge for soldiers outside the main entrenchments. If a redoubt is actually contiguous to the main fortification, then it may be called a bastion
Brice, Martin, Fort and Fortresses, 1990
A closed, independent work of square or polygonal trace, without bastion.
(Hogg, Ian, The History of Fortifications1981).
Algemene benaming voor een eenvoudig doorgaans gesloten verdedigingswerk (soms veldwerk) zonder bepaalde vorm; somms verbasterd tot, of ten onrechte vertaald als ronduit.
Stichting Menno Van Coehoorn, Terminologie Verdedigingswerken,1999.
The reduction or cutting back of a wall.
A round or circular figure or object, e.g. panel, window or niche.
Uit de muurtoren ontwikkelde, verzwaarde en verlaagde halfronde uitbouw van een vestingmuur, ten behoeve van de opstelling van flankerend geschut; voorloper van het bastion.
Stichting Menno Van Coehoorn, Terminologie Verdedigingswerken,1999.
