crownwork
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
crownwork (countable and uncountable, plural crownworks)
- (countable) A type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.
- (dentistry, uncountable) The addition of a crown.