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Definition: CAPONIERE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Caponiere" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Caponiere \Cap`o*niere"\, noun. [French expression caponni[`e]re, from Spanish caponera, originally, cage for fattening capons, hence, place of refuge; compare to Italian expression capponiera. See Capon.]. (references)

Definition: CAPONIERE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "CAPONIERE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Caponiere \Cap`o*niere"\, noun. [French expression caponni[`e]re, from Spanish caponera, originally, cage for fattening capons, hence, place of refuge; compare to Italian expression capponiera. See Capon.]. (references)