Round or polygonal tower projecting from walls. (Seward, Desmond. Henry V: The Scourge of God, 221) A small tower at the end of a curtain wall or in the middle of the outside wall. (MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms) Related terms: Castle
Any outcropping on a castle.
A projection in the enceinte, made up of four sides, two faces and two flanks, which better enabled a garrison to defend the ground adjacent to the main or curtain walls.
stonghold 15C Fr 5-sided projection in fort wall
A defensive tower projecting from the wall.
Fougeres, France ( Castles of the World) A small tower at the end of a curtain wall - usually solid masonry without rooms inside and used as a watchpost or guardpost to cover blind spots.
Defensive projection from the main wall or fortress, either a platform or a small tower. The Guard Houses at Hemyock Castle are believed to have been bastions which protected the outer end of the drawbridge.
a projecting part of a rampart or other fortification; in landscape gardening, a bastion is a projecting section of the ha-ha.
Defensive work with two front faces forming a salient from the curtain wall, to allow flanking fire along the wall.
Fortification work, usually four-sided (tetrahedral) and situated in the corners of a wall, with a sharp point, making possible active defence and flanking fire.
a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism"
a projecting angle of a fortification, forming a strong defence, but in heraldry it us
a projecting section of a fortification from which defenders have a wide range of view and fire
a secure position used for defense against attack
triangular extension of the tops of the walls at the corners of curtain walls
fortified projections usually in the form of two flank walls which then turn to finish in a salient angle, usually built at the corners of fortifications, which allows the defenders a clear view of the ground below the curtains, enabling them to sweep it with fire.
A projecting part of a fortification, consisting of four sides (two faces and two flanks) allowing the defenders' fire to cover the main walls.
(4) -- a projecting part of a fortification, consisting of earthwork faced with stone (Oxford Dict.) Sample Image (Lesson 21)
a projecting part of a fortification, usually having two faces, which allows defenders to fire upon attackers from as many angles as possible.
The term comes from military architecture, meaning the projecting part of a fortification (from the Italian word 'bastire', build). In gardens it means a projecting point (usually octagonal or circular) in a walled garden.
A small tower at the end of a curtain wall. It was not lived in.
part of the inner enclosure of a fortification with an outward pointing angle made by the conjunction of two walls; a projecting tower at the angle of two walls in a fortification.
A small tower at the end of a curtain wall or in the middle of the outside wall; solid masonry projection; structural rather than inhabitable.
A gun platform projecting from an angle of the walls of a castle to expose attackers on either side to fire.
A work consisting of two faces and two flanks, all of the angles being salient. A curtain connects two bastions. Viewed from the interior of the fort the bastion is divided at the salient creating a right face/flank and a left face/flank.
A strongpoint of projecting masonry work in the perimeter of a fortress, usually V-shaped, angled out beyond the main line of the walls of a fortress. From it, attackers along the curtain could be cross-fired upon.
The projecting angles or corners of the fort.
A fortification of pentagonal shape which juts out at the junction of two curtain walls and is made up of two flanks and faces which form a projecting angle. The flanks protect the adjacent curtain walls and the faces control the outworks and the foreground. The internal entrance from the fort into the bastion between the two flanks is called the gorge.
A corner of a fort generally armed with cannon, designed so that it could fire along flanking walls against attackers.
Projecting work in a wall or fortification.
A solid tower at the end or middle of a curtain wall
A projection, often at the corner of a defensive work; on which cannons were usually mounted.
In military architecture, an angular and pointed projection, often diamond-shaped and usually located at a corner, that enabled gunners to defend the ramparts and curtains of a fortification.
a projection in the enceinte, comprised of two faces and two flanks, which enabled the garrison to defend the ground adjacent to the enceinte.
(Fr.) - an angular work that projected outward from the main faces of a fortification. Its purpose was to eliminate defilade by directing fire along the front of an adjacent curtain wall. Like a lunette, a bastion consisted of four parts: two faces forming a salient angle oriented towards the enemy, and two reentering flanks that directed fire sideways across the faces of adjacent bastions. A curtain (or curtain wall) connected two or more bastions. See Lunette.
A tower or turret projecting from a wall length or at the junction of two walls to provide flanking cover.
A bastion is a structure projecting outward from the main enclosure of a fortification, situated in both corners of a straight wall (termed curtain), with the shape of a sharp point, facilitating active defense against assaulting troops. It allows the defenders of the fort to cover adjacent bastions and curtains with defensive fire.
A bastion in naval strategy is a heavily-defended area of water in which friendly naval forces can operate safely. Typically, that area will be partially enclosed by friendly shoreline, defended by naval mines, monitored by sensors, and heavily patrolled by surface, submarine, and air forces.