bastion
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bastion
- /ˈbæsti.ən/ Australia, UK
- /ˈbastɪjən/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈbæsti.ən/ US
- /ˈbæst͡ʃən/ US
- /ˈbɛsti.ən/ New Zealand
- /ˈbaste.ən/ Scotland
Sounds like Bastian
Where it comes from
First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”).
noun bastions
- A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification. […] Fort Camosun had swelled herself from being a little Hudson's Bay Fort, inside a stockade with bastions at the corners, into being the little town of Victoria, and the capital of British Columbia.
- A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
- A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle. a bastion of hope
- Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form. […] yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a labouring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.
verb bastions · bastioning · bastioned
- To furnish with a bastion.
