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Hornwork   Listen
noun
Hornwork  n.  (Fort.) An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... Orleans, St. Lawrence, and surrounding parishes. Before the trees assume their vernal honours there can be counted, irrespective of the city spires, no less than thirteen steeples of churches in so many parishes. Ringfield takes its name from its circular meadow (Montcalm's hornwork). In rear it is bounded to the west by the little stream called Lairet, with the ruisseau St. Michel in view; to the south, its natural boundary is the ...
— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine



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