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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COUNTERGUARD

n.[counter and guard. ] In fortification, a small rampart or work raised before the point of a bastion, consisting of two long faces parallel to the faces of the bastion, making a salient angle, to preserve the bastion. It is sometimes of a different shape, or differently situated.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COUNTERGUARD

COUNTERGUARD Coun "ter *guard ` (koun "tr-grd `), n. (Fort. )

 

Defn: A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.