33 relations: Banquette, Bastion fort, Berm, Border barrier, Caponier, Carnot wall, Chemin de ronde, Counterattack, Counterscarp, Cover (military), Covertway, Dam, Defensive wall, Earthworks (engineering), Escalade, Faussebraye, Firepower, Glacis, Ha-ha, Loophole, Medieval fortification, Military engineering, Moat, Palisade, Parapet, Place-of-arms, Rampart (fortification), Revetment, Sally port, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Soil, Trench, Tunnel warfare.
Banquette
A banquette is a small foot path or elevated step along the inside of a rampart or parapet of a fortification.
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Bastion fort
A bastion fort, a type of trace Italienne (literally, Italian outline), is a fortification in a style that evolved during the early modern period of gunpowder when the cannon came to dominate the battlefield.
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Berm
A berm is a level space, shelf, or raised barrier (usually made of compacted soil) separating two areas.
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Border barrier
A border barrier is a separation barrier that runs along an international border.
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Caponier
A caponier is a type of defensive structure in a fortification.
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Carnot wall
A Carnot wall is a type of loop-holed wall built in the ditch of a fort or redoubt.
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Chemin de ronde
A chemin de ronde (French, "round path"' or "patrol path")—also called an allure, alure or, more prosaically, a wall-walk—is a raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement.
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Counterattack
A counterattack is a tactic employed in response to an attack, with the term originating in "war games".
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Counterscarp
A scarp and a counterscarp are the inner and outer sides of a ditch or moat used in fortifications.
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Cover (military)
In military combat, the concept of cover refers to anything which is capable of physically protecting an individual from enemy fire.
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Covertway
In military architecture, a covertway or covered way (chemin couvert strada coperta) is a path on top of the counterscarp of a fortification.
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Dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams.
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Defensive wall
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.
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Earthworks (engineering)
Earthworks are engineering works created through the processing of parts of the earth's surface involving quantities of soil or unformed rock.
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Escalade
Escalade is the act of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders, and was a prominent feature of siege warfare in medieval times.
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Faussebraye
A faussebraye (falsa braga) is a defensive wall located outside the main walls of a fortification.
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Firepower
Firepower is the military capability to direct force at an enemy.
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Glacis
A glacis in military engineering is an artificial slope as part of a medieval castle or in early modern fortresses.
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Ha-ha
A ha-ha is a recessed landscape design element that creates a vertical barrier while preserving an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond.
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Loophole
A loophole is an ambiguity or inadequacy in a system, such as a law or security, which can be used to circumvent or otherwise avoid the purpose, implied or explicitly stated, of the system.
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Medieval fortification
Medieval fortification refers to medieval military methods that cover the development of fortification construction and use in Europe, roughly from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Renaissance.
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Military engineering
Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and communications.
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Moat
A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.
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Palisade
A palisade—sometimes called a stakewall or a paling—is typically a fence or wall made from wooden stakes or tree trunks and used as a defensive structure or enclosure.
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Parapet
A parapet is a barrier which is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.
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Place-of-arms
A place-of-arms (piazza d'armi, place d'armes) is any place in a fortification where troops can gather.
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Rampart (fortification)
In fortification architecture, a rampart is a length of bank or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or other fortified site.
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Revetment
In stream restoration, river engineering or coastal engineering, revetments are sloping structures placed on banks or cliffs in such a way as to absorb the energy of incoming water.
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Sally port
A sally port is a secure, controlled entryway to a fortification or prison.
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Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban (1 May 163330 March 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban, was a French military engineer who rose in the service to the king and was commissioned as a Marshal of France.
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Soil
Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.
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Trench
A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully, or ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole).
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Tunnel warfare
Tunnel warfare is a general name for war being conducted in tunnels and other underground cavities.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditch_(fortification)