Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caponiere"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caponiere \Cap`o*niere"\, n. [F. caponni[`e]re, fr. Sp.
caponera, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place
of refuge; cf. It. capponiera. See {Capon}.] (Fort.)
A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the
enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
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