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flank of a bastion
In fortification, that part which joins the face to the curtain, comprehended between the angle of the curtain and that of the shoulder, and is the principal defense of a place. Its use is to defend the curtain, the flank, and the face of the opposite bastion, as well as the passage of the ditch; and to batter the salient angles of the counterscarp and glacis, from whence the besiegers generally ruin the flanks with their artillery.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of flank of a bastion in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of flank of a bastion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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