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BASTION (through the Fr. from late Lat. bastire, to build)

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 503 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAR-BEC
BASTION (through the Fr. from late Lat. bastire, to build) , a
work
  forming
part
  of a line of fortifications. The general trace of a
bastion
  is similar to an irregular pentagon formed by a triangle and a narrow rectangle, the base of the triangle coinciding with the
long
  side of the rectangle. The two sides of the triangle form the " faces " of the
bastion
 , which join at the " salient "
angle
 , the short sides of the rectangle form the "flanks." Bastions were arranged so that the fire from the flanks of each protected not only the front of the curtain but also the faces of the adjacent bastions. A " tower bastion " is a
case
 -mated tower built in bastion form; a " demi-bastion " is a
work
  formed by half a bastion (bisected through the salient
angle
 ) and by a
parapet
  along the line of bisection; a "
flat
  bastion " is a bastion built on a curtain and having a very obtuse salient angle.


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