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ravelin |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ravelin \Rave"lin\, n. [F.; cf Sp rebellin, It revellino, rivellino perhaps fr L. re- again + vallum wall.] (Fort.) A detached work with two embankments with make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place Formerly called demilune and half-moon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Half-moon \Half"-moon`\, n. 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. 2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. 3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a {ravelin}. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California ({C[ae]siosoma Californiense}). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also {medialuna}.
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