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crownworks

crownworks is the plural of crownwork.

Meaning of crownwork

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.

Questions about crownworks

What is crownworks the plural of?
Crownworks is the plural of crownwork.

Words near crownworks in the dictionary

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

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