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Redan :: Redan (n.) A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.

Plongee :: Plongee (n.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongee of a parapet; the plongee of a shell in its course..

Ramp :: Ramp (n.) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase..

Genouillere :: Genouillere (n.) That part of a parapet which lies between the gun platform and the bottom of an embrasure.

Parapet :: Parapet (n.) A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like..

Scarp :: Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

Deblai :: Deblai (n.) The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken..

Tread :: Tread (n.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet..

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.

Chandelier :: Chandelier (n.) A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers..

Parapet :: Parapet (n.) A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of Casemate..

Escarp :: Escarp (n.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp..

Hurter :: Hurter (v. t.) A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet..

Profiling :: Profiling (n.) In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points..

Battlement :: Battlement (n.) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.

Battlement :: Battlement (n.) pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches..

Parapeted :: Parapeted (a.) Having a parapet.

Earthbag :: Earthbag (n.) A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet..

Brisure :: Brisure (n.) Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.

Defilement :: Defilement (n.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side..

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