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What does hornwork mean?

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Noun
  1. A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.
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Of geometry he learned as much as was necessary for the construction of a ravelin or a hornwork.

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