SCONCES
, small forts, built for the defence of some pass, river, or other place. Some Sconces are made regular, of four, five, or six bastions; others are of smaller dimensions, fit for passes, or rivers; and others for the field.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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