MIND MELD: Guide to International SF/F (Part III) 2009 He has decried what he characterized as a bastion of lobbyists for seeking special carve outs to limit the effect of proposed financial regulation.Īnd, since this kind of writers are the main bastion of Portuguese SF/F production, it seems wrong to me to just dismiss them. noun projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.noun a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle.noun figuratively a person, or thing, who strongly defends some principleįrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.noun a well- fortified position a stronghold or citadel.noun a projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.See ravelin.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. noun (Fort.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another.noun In fortification, a mass of earth, faced with sods, brick, or stones, standing out from a rampart, of which it is a principal part.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.noun One that upholds or defends something, as against neglect or unpopularity: synonym: bulwark.
noun A projecting part of a fortification.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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