#munition__fortification defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
supertype: #defensive_structure__defensivestructure__defense a structure used for defense; "the artillery battered down the defenses"
part: #rampart
subtype: #bastion.munition projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
subtype: #bunker__dugout a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
subtype: #foxhole__fox_hole__foxhole a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
subtype: #funk_hole dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk)
subtype: #castle a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
subtype: #defilade the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
subtype: #entrenchment__intrenchment an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
subtype: #retrenchment entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
subtype: #escarp__escarpment__scarp__protective_embankment a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
subtype: #fieldwork a temporary fortification built by troops in the field
subtype: #lunette temporary fortification like a detached bastion
subtype: #Maginot_Line a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable it was easily overrun by the Germans in 1940
subtype: #palisade fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
subtype: #parapet__breastwork fortification consisting of a low wall
subtype: #machicolation a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy
subtype: #Siegfried_line German fortifications facing the French Maginot Line
subtype: #stockade fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
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