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crownwork

crownwork noun: a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.

Noun

crownwork (countable and uncountable, plural crownworks)

  1. (countable) A type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.
  2. (uncountable) The addition of a crown.

Forms of crownwork

pluralcrownworks

Origin of crownwork

From crown + work.

Questions about crownwork

What does crownwork mean?
Crownwork means a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.
What part of speech is crownwork?
Crownwork is a noun.
What is the plural of crownwork?
The plural of crownwork is crownworks.

Words near crownwork in the dictionary

  1. Crownthorpe
  2. crownvetch
  3. crownvetches
  4. crownward
  5. crownwards
  6. crownwork
  7. crownworks
  8. crowquill
  9. crowquills
  10. crows
  11. Crows Landing

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