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HOLLOW

Volume 501 · 60 words · 1797 Edition

in architecture, a concave moulding, about a quarter of a circle, by some called a cymatium; by others an abacus.

Hollow-Tower, in fortification, is a rounding made of the remainder of two breaches, to join the curtain to the crillon, where the small shot are played, that they may not be so much exposed to the view of the enemy.