caponier

caponier

English

Alternative forms

• caponiere

Etymology

From French caponnière.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

caponier (plural caponiers)

1. (military, historical) A type of fortification structure which allows firing along the bottom of a dry moat that surrounds the main fortress.

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