caponier

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A caponier, covered with earth, extending into (but not all the way across) a ditch; fire from it could cover the ditch.

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From French caponnière.

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caponier (plural caponiers)

  1. (military, historical) A work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).

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