#munition__fortification defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
supertype: defensive_structure__defensivestructure__defense a structure used for defense; "the artillery battered down the defenses"
part: rampart
subtype: bastion.munition projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
subtype: bunker__dugout a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
subtype: foxhole__fox_hole__foxhole a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
subtype: funk_hole dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk)
subtype: castle a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
subtype: defilade the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
subtype: entrenchment__intrenchment an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
subtype: retrenchment entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
subtype: escarp__escarpment__scarp__protective_embankment a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
subtype: fieldwork a temporary fortification built by troops in the field
subtype: lunette temporary fortification like a detached bastion
subtype: Maginot_Line a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable it was easily overrun by the Germans in 1940
subtype: palisade fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
subtype: parapet__breastwork fortification consisting of a low wall
subtype: machicolation a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy
subtype: Siegfried_line German fortifications facing the French Maginot Line
subtype: stockade fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
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