crownwork

noun — 2 senses

crownwork

noun

Etymology From crown + work.

1

A type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.

2

Dentistry, Medicine, Sciences The addition of a crown.

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