SALIENT, in Fortification, denotes projecting. There are two kinds of angles, the one salient, which have their points outwards; the other, re-entering, which have their points inwards.
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SALIENT, in Fortification, denotes projecting. There are two kinds of angles, the one salient, which have their points outwards; the other, re-entering, which have their points inwards.