Definition of ravelin

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Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon..

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Arrive :: Arrive (v. i.) To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from..
Traveled :: Traveled (a.) Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced..
Night-faring :: Night-faring (a.) Going or traveling in the night.
Bushwhacking :: Bushwhacking (n.) Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream..
Going :: Going (n.) The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad..
Riding :: Riding (a.) Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk..
Elder :: Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder..
Counterguard :: Counterguard (n.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire..
Unravelment :: Unravelment (n.) The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled..
Domino :: Domino (n.) A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling..
Raveling :: Raveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rave.
Near-legged :: Near-legged (a.) Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling.
Raveling :: Raveling (n.) The act of untwisting or of disentangling.
Hem :: Hem (n.) The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling..
Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin..
Voyage :: Voyage (n.) The act or practice of traveling.
Encampment :: Encampment (n.) The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest..
Weary :: Weary (v. t.) To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling..
Graith :: Graith (n.) Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war, etc..
Encamp :: Encamp (v. i.) To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling..
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