ravelin

[ rav-lin ]

nounFortification.
  1. a V-shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.

Origin of ravelin

1
1580–90; <Middle French, earlier revelin<Italian rivellino, diminutive of riva bank, rim

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ravelin

/ (ˈrævlɪn) /


noun
  1. fortifications an outwork having two embankments at a salient angle

Origin of ravelin

1
C16: from Italian ravellino a little bank, from riva bank, from Latin rīpa

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