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COUNTERGUARD: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Coun"ter*guard`\ (koun"t[~e]r*g[aum]rd`), n.
(Fort.)
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.
 

 

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