HURTERS
, in Fortification, denote pieces of timber, about 6 inches square, placed at the lower end of the platform, next to the parapet, to prevent the wheel<*> of the gun-carriages from damaging the parapet.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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