in gunnery, is the turning a piece of ordnance about, as upon a centre, to make it point in any particular direction.

in fortification, denotes a trench with a little parapet, sometimes two, one on each side, to serve as a cover from the enemy that might come in flank.

in a wet foss, is a fort or gallery, made by throwing fascions, joists, fascines, stones, earth, &c. into the foss, opposite the place where the miner is to be put, in order to fill up the ditch, and make a passage over it.

TRAVERSE also denotes a wall of earth, or stone, raised a work, to stop the shot from rolling along it.