caponier (English, noun)
expansion: caponier (plural caponiers)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).
tags: historical
Forms:
form: caponiers
tags: plural
form: caponiere
tags: alternative