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Definition of Bastions

Bastion
Bastion Bas"tion, n. [F. bastion (cf. It. bastione), fr. LL. bastire to build (cf. F. b?tir, It. bastire), perh. from the idea of support for a weight, and akin to Gr. ? to lift, carry, and to E. baston, baton.] (Fort.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.

Meaning of Bastions from wikipedia

- (gorge) of the bastion, isolating it from the main rampart. Various kinds of bastions have been used throughout history: Solid bastions are those that...
- China Sea as naval bastion. Parts of the South China Sea are deep enough for nuclear submarines to operate. Chinese naval bastions are far more crowded...
- north and south bastions, as well as the corridors form the bastion courtyard, are connected below by a staircase connecting the bastions on both sides...
-  Cameroon – 23 Bastion APCs received in 2015–2016, supplied via U.S. DoD. 15 Bastions received in late 2017.  Congo-Brazzaville – Two Bastions acquired for...
- Erdélyi Bastion is a bastion at Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. It is sometimes called in English the Transylvanian bastion. It is the strongest part...
- rectangular, featuring two small bastions and two semi-bastions. The section of the defensive wall connecting the two northern bastions is protected by a ravelin...
- of machicolation. In contrast, the bastion fortress was a very flat structure composed of many triangular bastions, specifically designed to cover each...
- The Triangular Bastion (Latvian: Triangula bastions) was part of the 18th-century fortifications of Riga. Its foundations are nowadays visible under a...
- Knights of St. John. These bastions are part of the stone fortifications of Valletta City. Because this part of the bastion was strongly guarded by Fort...
- The Middelburg Bastion (Dutch: Bastion Middelburgh) was one of nine bastions of A Famosa, in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia located at the mouth of Malacca...