ravelin 的定义
Fortification.
- a V-shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
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- Ravelin, rav′lin, n. a detached work with two embankments raised before the counterscarp.
- On going a little further, we came opposite to the ravelin, which had been my chief annoyance during my last days' piquet.
- This had the further advantage of giving great saliency to the ravelin for cross-fire over the terrain of the attack.
- The ravelin is here introduced, and made so large that its faces are in prolongation of those of the bastions.
- The caponier is the vital point of the front, and is protected in important works by a ravelin and keep.