crownwork
Noun
Meaning
A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected by wings with the main work or the river bank.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Show all synonymsAntonyms
Hypernyms
Examples
tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown
From 1688-90, an advanced line of defence was added called the Crownwork.