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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

gazon

turf, fr. OHG.

waso

, G.

wasen

(Fort.)

One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.

Noun.

In fortification, pieces of turf used to line parapets and the traverses of galleries.

See also: gazon

gázon