"counterguard" meaning in All languages combined

See counterguard on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: counterguards [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + guard. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|guard}} counter- + guard Head templates: {{en-noun}} counterguard (plural counterguards)
  1. (fortification) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.

Inflected forms

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