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COVERT WAY

Volume 2 · 52 words · 1771 Edition

or CORRIDOR, in fortification, a space of ground; level with the field on the edge of the ditch, three or four fathoms broad, ranging quite round the half moons, and other works toward the the country. It has a parapet raised on a level, together with its banquets and glacis. See FORTIFICATION.