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Bastion - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Acropolis, Bank, Barbican, Battlement, Beachhead, Blockhouse, Bridgehead, Bunker, Casemate, Castle, Circumvallation, Citadel, Contravallation, Curtain, Dike |
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The point of a bastion on a reconstructed French fort in Illinois. A bastion is a fortification work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, situated in both corners of a straight wall (termed curtain), with the shape of a sharp point, facilitating active defence against assaulting troops. It allows the defenders of the fort to cover adjacent bastions and curtains with defensive fire.
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Example Usage of Bastion |
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CrGChristensen: @joshmyoung http://www.pigswillfly.com.au/?p=1279 Interesting the US - Bastion of capitalism - wouldn't tolerate a Coles/Woolies duopoly. |
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tweetinlasvegas: I hate luxury box, sky box, club level whatever you want to call them seats, they're the Bastion of the fair weather. |
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vakantiebeursnl: New blog post: Bastion Hotel Amsterdam Centrum/Zuidwest http://tinyurl.com/y8k9z8c |
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