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full bastion

full bastion

9.9
A solid part of a fort at a corner, filled so the inside ground is level with the wall
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : bastión completo
  • Unlike a hollow type, a full bastion offers greater structural stability.

Examples

  • The fortress was well defended by a full bastion at each corner, making direct assault difficult.

  • Engineers decided to construct a full bastion to maximize usable space behind the rampart.

  • The fort was designed with a full bastion to enhance defense.

  • They built a full bastion to protect against enemy attacks.

  • The fortress was well defended by a full bastion at each corner, making direct assault difficult.

  • They built a full bastion to protect against enemy attacks.

  • Engineers decided to construct a full bastion to maximize usable space behind the rampart.

Synonyms

solid bastion
vsfull bastion
9.3

A part of a fort filled with earth or stone to make it stronger against attack

has identical meaning but uses slightly different phrasing

Surface Forms

full bastion singular
full bastions plural

Morphology

full + bastion

This is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: 'full' (completely filled) modifies 'bastion' (a defensive projection), so a learner who knows both words can infer it means a bastion that is filled with no empty central space. The sense is literal and follows normal compositional patterns found cross‑linguistically, so it is immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Full bastion describes a part of a fort where the bastion is completely full of earth or stone so the inside ground is level with the wall. So the name means a bastion that is 'filled' and ready to hold soldiers and guns.