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Noun: demi-bastion
  1. In military architecture, a bastion constructed of one face and one flank
    "The fortress's demi-bastion provided a strategic defensive position at the corner of the walls";
    - half-bastion

Derived forms: demi-bastions

Type of: bastion

Part of: crownwork, hornwork

Encyclopedia: Demi-bastion