Palanka

Palanka

Pa*lan"ka\, n. [Cf. It., Pg., & Sp. palanca, fr.L. palanga, phalanga a pole, Gr.? ] (Mil.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
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