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Ravelin

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rave⋅lin

  [rav-lin]
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–noun Fortification.
a V-shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
Origin:
1580–90; < MF, earlier revelin < It rivellino, dim. of riva bank, rim
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