• (n.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
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Cap`o·niere' noun [ French
caponnière , from Spanish
caponera , orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; confer Italian
capponiera . See
Capon .]
(Fort.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered ...
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In fortifications a caponiere is a work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway. When there is a parapet on one side only it is called a demi-caponiere.
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