CUVETTE

, or Cunette, in Fortification, is a kind of ditch within a ditch, being a pretty deep trench, about four fathoms broad, sunk and running along the middle of the great dry ditch, to hold water; serving both to keep off the enemy, and prevent him from mining.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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