LINE OF DEFENCE, a supposed line drawn from the angle of the curtain, or from any other part in the curtain, to the flanked angle of the opposite bastion. See FORTIFICATION.
LINE OF DEFENCE
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LINE OF DEFENCE, a supposed line drawn from the angle of the curtain, or from any other part in the curtain, to the flanked angle of the opposite bastion. See FORTIFICATION.