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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Counterguardnoun
A small rampart with parapet and ditch, to cover some part of the body of the place. Military Dict.
Etymology: from counter and guard.
Wikipedia
Counterguard
The counterguard (German: Kontergarde, French: contre-garde) is an outwork in a bastioned fortification system that usually comprises only a low rampart and which is sited in front of the actual fortress moat that runs around the bastions or ravelins. The rampart way of a counterguard is, however, so constructed and at least wide enough that it enables the positioning of guns. An additional ditch in front of it guards the work from a frontal enemy assault. The function of counterguards was to protect the higher ravelin or bastion behind it from direct fire and to delay an attack on it as long as possible. So that the counterguards and the works that they were to protect, could not come under simultaneous fire along the line of the rampart they were not allowed to run parallel to one another.If such a rampart work was built for defending infantry alone, i.e. without artillery positions, it was called a couvreface.
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counterguard
A counterguard is a defensive trench or earthwork constructed in front of a fortification or defensive barrier, designed to provide additional protection against enemy attacks.
Webster Dictionary
Counterguardnoun
a low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
counterguard
In fortification, a smaller rampart raised in front of a larger one, principally with the intention of delaying for a period the besieger's attack. Other means, however, are generally preferred in modern times, except when a rapid fall in the ground renders it difficult to cover the main escarp by ordinary resources.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
counterguard
See Counter-guards.
Anagrams for counterguard »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of counterguard in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of counterguard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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