caponier

English

A caponier, covered with earth, extending into (but not all the way across) a ditch; fire from it could cover the ditch.

Alternative forms

• caponiere

Etymology

From French caponnière.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkæp.əˈnɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkæp.əˈnɪɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

caponier (plural caponiers)

1. (military, historical) A work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).

Translations

fortification structure

• Catalan: caponera f
• Finnish: kaponieeri (fi)
• French: caponnière (fr) f
• German: Kaponniere f
• Italian: caponiera f
• Polish: kaponiera (pl) f
• Spanish: caponera f
• Swedish: kaponjär c

Anagrams

• Poincaré, apocrine, procaine