Definitions for "Hornwork"
An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.
A work made up of a bastion front; two half bastions and a curtain and two long sides termed branches. It functioned to enclose an area immediately adjacent to a fort or citadel and create another layer of defense.
'Horned' structure, consisting of two demibastions, one at each end of a curtain.