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:
a strong defender or reliable example of something -- like a fortress or a person upholding a principle