Definition of Counterguard. Meaning of Counterguard. Synonyms of Counterguard

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Definition of Counterguard

Counterguard
Counterguard Coun"ter*guard` (koun"t[~e]r*g[aum]rd`), n. (Fort.) 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.

Meaning of Counterguard from wikipedia

- The counterguard (German: Kontergarde, French: contre-garde) is an outwork in a bastioned fortification system that usually comprises only a low rampart...
- for a counterguard to be constructed in front of them as additional defences. This 1823 counterguard which was originally named "Orange Counterguard" was...
- strengthened with the construction of various outworks, consisting of four counterguards along the land front, as well as a covertway and a glacis. The northern...
- behind constructing a counterguard, like the Montagu Counterguard in 1804, is that the enemy has to first capture the counterguard in order to take the...
- crownwork encircling the entire land front. St. Dominic Counterguard – a casemated counterguard near the left extremity of the land front. It was heavily...
- Barricade Bastion Blockhouse Breastwork Canal Caponier Casemate Cavalier Counterguard Couvreface Coupure Covertway Crownwork Device Forts Entrenchment Flèche...
- reforms, the Revellín de San Carlos (Saint Charles Ravelin) and the counterguard of La Trinidad (The Trinity) were built. Further east, a fort called...
- Barricade Bastion Blockhouse Breastwork Canal Caponier Casemate Cavalier Counterguard Couvreface Coupure Covertway Crownwork Device Forts Entrenchment Flèche...
- Barricade Bastion Blockhouse Breastwork Canal Caponier Casemate Cavalier Counterguard Couvreface Coupure Covertway Crownwork Device Forts Entrenchment Flèche...
- Barricade Bastion Blockhouse Breastwork Canal Caponier Casemate Cavalier Counterguard Couvreface Coupure Covertway Crownwork Device Forts Entrenchment Flèche...