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1. abatis, n. View full entry 1758
...Mil. A defensive barricade or entanglement constructed using sharpened stakes or felled trees positioned with their branches pointing towards the enemy to delay or repel attackers....
2. acropolis, n. View full entry 1570
...A citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically one built on a hill. Freq. (with capital initial) as the proper name of the ancient citadel of Athens. Also ...
3. afforciament, n. View full entry 1509
...A fortress; a fortified place. Obs....
4. agger, n. View full entry a1398
...A heap of stones and earth, an earthwork, mound, or embankment; (Archaeol.) the raised rampart of a Roman camp; the raised part of a Roman road or causeway, with ditches...
5. airhead, n. View full entry 1822
...Mining. Usu. in form air-head. A horizontal passage constructed in order to carry air to part of a mine. Now rare....
6. alcayde, n. View full entry c1503
...In Spain, Portugal, and regions under their influence: the governor or commander of a fortress or fortified town; the warden of a prison....
7. Anderson, n. View full entry 1939
...a small prefabricated air-raid shelter devised by Mr. (later Sir) William Paterson, a Scottish engineer, and adopted while Sir John Anderson was Home Secretary (193940). Also ellipt....
8. † ˈangiport, n. View full entry 1647
...A narrow passage or opening in a wall, either to fire from, or as an easily-commanded entrance....
9. anteˈmural, n. View full entry 1774
10. approach, n. View full entry 1489
...The act of coming nearer (relatively), or of drawing near (absolutely), in space....
11. approach, v. View full entry c1305
...intr. To come nearer (relatively), or draw near (absolutely), in space....
12. apron, n. View full entry 1307
...An article of dress, originally of linen, but now also of stuff, leather, or other material, worn in front of the body, to protect the clothes from dirt or injury, or simply...
13. † argin(e, n. View full entry 1589
...An embankment or rampart in front of a fort....
14. arrow, n. View full entry a835
...A slender pointed missile shot from a bow, usually feathered and barbed. Sometimes also applied to the bolts, or quarrels, with thickened heads, discharged from the cross-bow....
15. Atlantic, adj. and n. View full entry a1387
...Of or pertaining to Mount Atlas in Libya, on which the heavens were fabled to rest. Hence applied to the sea near the western shore of Africa, and afterwards extended to the...
16. aˈvant-ˌmure, n. View full entry 1611
...The outer wall of a fortress, or in circumvallation. Obs....
17. bail | bayle, n.3 View full entry c1320
...pl. Outer line of fortification, formed of stakes; palisades, barriers....
18. bailey, n. View full entry a1400
...The external wall enclosing the outer court, and forming the first line of defence, of a feudal castle; and, in a wider sense, any of the circuits of walls or defences which...
19. balance, n.1 View full entry 1297
...An apparatus for weighing, consisting of a beam poised so as to move freely on a central pivot, with a scale pan at each end....
20. ballium, n. View full entry 1773
...The defensive wall of a castle, or the area it enclosed; one of a series of such walls or courts; = bail2, bailey...
