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DEMI-BASTION

\dˈɛmibˈasti͡ən], \dˈɛmibˈasti‍ən], \d_ˈɛ_m_i_b_ˈa_s_t_iə_n]\

Definitions of DEMI-BASTION

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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dem'i-bast'yun, n. a kind of half-bastion, consisting of one face and one flank. [Fr. demi--L. dimidius, half, and bastion.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

See Bastion.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

n. A bastion that has only face and one flank.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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