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covered ways

covered ways is the plural of covered way.

Meaning of covered way

Noun

covered way (plural covered ways)

  1. In a fortification, a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrison an open line of communication around the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch.
  2. A roofed walkway.

Questions about covered ways

What is covered ways the plural of?
Covered ways is the plural of covered way.

Words near covered ways in the dictionary

  1. covered the waterfront
  2. covered up
  3. covered wagon
  4. covered wagons
  5. covered way
  6. covered ways
  7. coveredst
  8. coverer
  9. coverers
  10. coverest
  11. covereth

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