Hungarian Meaning of bastion

bástya

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Definitions and Meaning of bastion in English

Wordnet

bastion (n)

a group that defends a principle

a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

Webster

bastion (n.)

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.

FAQs About the word bastion

bástya

a group that defends a principle, a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle, projecting part of a rampart or other fortificationA work

vár,Fellegvár,erődítmény,erőd,erőd,bunker,erőd,parapet,Vár,erőd

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basting stitch => Varrandó öltések, basting => öntözés, bastinadoing => bastonádo, bastinadoes => bastonádo, bastinado => bastinádo,