The Only Use of
bastion
in
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- At this point it was enlarged from the old road to its present width by cutting into the solid bastion of the rock on the far side of the gorge; and its left or western edge, looking down from the pass and the bridge, was marked and protected by a line of upright cut blocks of stone where its edge fell sheer away to the gorge.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(bastion) defense or defensive fortification -- such as people who defend a principle or fortifications that defend people from attack (especially the projecting part of a castle wall or rampart)