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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Counterguard

/(koun"tẽr*gärd`)/ · Coun·ter·guard · IPA
01 n. A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them fro…
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    A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.(Fort.)