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caponiere
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Webster Dictionary
Caponierenoun
a work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway
Etymology: [F. caponnire, fr. Sp. caponera, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; cf. It. capponiera. See Capon.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Caponiere
kap-ō-nēr′, n. a covered passage across the ditch of a fortified place.—Also Caponier′. [Fr.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
caponiere
A covered passage across the ditch of a fortified place, for the purpose either of sheltering communication with outworks or of affording a flanking fire to the ditch in which it stands. If the caponiere is protected only on one side, it is single; if on both sides, and covered, it is double.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of caponiere in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of caponiere in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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