avant-mur
French
Etymology
avant (“before”) + mur (“wall”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vɑ̃.myʁ/
Noun
avant-mur m (plural avant-murs)
- (architecture, dated) a wall erected in front of another wall
- (military, dated) the outer part of a fortification
Further reading
- “avant-mur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.