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caponiere |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caponiere \Cap`o*niere"\, n. [F. caponni[`e]re, fr Sp caponera orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence a place of refuge; cf It capponiera See {Capon}.] (Fort.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
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