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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

caponnière

, fr. Sp.

caponera

, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; cf. It.

capponiera

. See

(Fort.)

A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.

caponiere ‎(plural caponieres)

(military, historical) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.

caponiere f