covered way (English, noun)
expansion: covered way (plural covered ways)
Senses:
glosses: In a fortification, a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrison an open line of communication around the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch.
Forms:
form: covered ways
tags: plural
form: covert-way
tags: alternative