Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CAPONIERE
Cap `o *niere ", n. Etym: [F. caponnière, fr. Sp. caponera, orig. , a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; cf. It. capponiera. See Capon. ] (Fort. )
Defn: A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
New American Oxford Dictionary
caponier
caponier |ˌkapəˈnɪə | ▶noun a covered passage across a ditch round a fort. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Spanish caponera, literally ‘capon enclosure ’.
Oxford Dictionary
caponier
caponier |ˌkapəˈnɪə | ▶noun a covered passage across a ditch round a fort. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Spanish caponera, literally ‘capon enclosure ’.
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