Crossword-Solution: RAVELIN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Ravelin | n. | A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| RAVELIN | anagram | ELINVAR |
We have 5 clues for the answer “RAVELIN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| DEFENCE making a salient angle | 1 answer |
| Type of fortification | 1 answer |
| V-shaped outwork | 1 answer |
| outwork | 3 answers |
| Fortification | 56 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AAER
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with RAVELIN (5)
GENERAL: In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin", When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin, When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at, And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat", When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery, When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery- - In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy, You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee.
Moultrie with the rest of Pinckney's Grenadiers, and Marion's Light Infantry, were to enter or force the gates over the ravelin; while Capt.
Bravo, Careless! Well, here's my great uncle, Sir Richard Ravelin, a marvellous good general in his day, I assure you.
But he must mean by corporal punishment actual beatings, for he says also, “The black holes, the chains, the riveting to bar rows are usual punishments.” And some politicals were al- leged to have been put in oubliettes in the Alexis Ravelin[2] which must have been the worst feature of all the tortures.
Off they went, almost as bright and thoughtless as before, though two of their number lay silent for ever at the North Ravelin--silenced in that one little half-hour.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1975–1993).