"covered way" meaning in All languages combined

See covered way on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: covered ways [plural], covert-way [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-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. Translations (corridor along the top of the counterscarp): katvetie (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-covered_way-en-noun-Ja3WhGxV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'corridor along the top of the counterscarp': 100 0
  2. A roofed walkway. Translations (roofed walkway): katettu jalkakäytävä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-covered_way-en-noun-z-lQ4X0B Disambiguation of 'roofed walkway': 1 99

Inflected forms

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          "garrison",
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          "ditch",
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