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CORIDOR

Volume 7 · 59 words · 1842 Edition

Corridor, in fortification, the covert-way which is formed between the fosse and palisade on the counterscarp. The word, which is derived from the Italian coridore, or the Spanish coridor, is becoming obsolete as a military term.

architecture, signifies a gallery or long aisle around a building, leading to several chambers, sometimes wholly inclosed, and sometimes open on one side.