ravelin

American  

[rav-lin] / ˈræv lɪn /

noun

Fortification.

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

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ravelin British  

/ ˈrævlɪn /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of ravelin

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

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Example Sentences

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ravelin

Our lady was the first to make the descent: the height was seventy-two feet; she went on to the ravelin to await the others.

From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Leonora Christina Ulfeldt

The ravelin is here introduced, and made so large that its faces are in prolongation of those of the bastions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

Speckle’s other favourite ideas are here: the cavaliers and double parapets and his own particular invention of the low batteries behind the re-entering place of arms and the gorge of the ravelin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

So, sir, as I was telling you, I have seen one of these hussars eat up a ravelin for his breakfast, and afterwards pick his teeth with a palisado.

From The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar

Marchi, however, was one of the first to think of prolonging the resistance of a place by means of outworks such as the ravelin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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