- Citadel - Fortified place - Fortress obtains new style - Stronghold - A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a
fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so
constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent
curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two
adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank
of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the
flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached
bastion. See Ravelin.
- After midnight, Harrison heads off for military base - Body of troops stationed in a particular location - Defensive body of troops - Fort - Gee! Harrison loses his head in troop station - Military post - Military stronghold
- Clench - Clutch - Grip - Interior of a cargo ship - The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck,
in which the cargo is stowed. - To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or
relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling
or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain. - To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or
authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
- Ascent - of Scale - Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling
knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam
boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc. - Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder,
used in assaulting a fortified place.
- A tower or an elevated work, used for the
defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. - "The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in
Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a
rhetorical name for a prison.