covered way

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covered way - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Covered \Cov"ered\ (k?v"?rd), a.
     Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden.
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     Covered way (Fort.), a corridor or banquette along the top
        of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose
        slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrison an open line
        of communication around the works, and a standing place
        beyond the ditch. See Illust. of Ravelin.
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