ravelin
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ravelin
- /ˈɹævəlɪn/
Where it comes from
From French ravelin, from Italian rivellino, of unclear origin: perhaps from Latin re- + vallum.
noun ravelins
- A kind of outwork; a freestanding, wedge-shaped fortification used to split an attacking force as they approach a larger fortress. I think, quoth Corporal Trim, with humble submission to your Honour’s better judgment,——that these ravelins, bastions, curtins, and hornworks, make but a poor, contemptible, fiddle-faddle piece of work of it here upon paper, compared to what your Honour and I could make of it were we in the country
Translations
Talk about this word "ravelin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ravelin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ravelin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ravelin "ravelin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ravelin.Cite this
@misc{ravelin_2026,
title = {ravelin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ravelin},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
