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caponiere

caponiere is the alternative form of caponier.

Meaning of caponier

Noun

caponier (plural caponiers)

  1. (historical) A work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).

Forms of caponiere

pluralcaponieres

Origin of caponiere

French caponnière

Questions about caponiere

What is caponiere the alternative form of?
Caponiere is the alternative form of caponier.

Words near caponiere in the dictionary

  1. caponet
  2. caponets
  3. caponette
  4. caponettes
  5. caponier
  6. caponiere
  7. caponieres
  8. caponiers
  9. Caponigro
  10. Caponigros
  11. caponiid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caponiere (page history and authors); caponier (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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