All 3 Uses of
bastion
in
A Passage to India
- But they could not get a good view of it, because the precipitous bastion curved at the top, so that the base was not easily seen and the car disappeared as it came nearer.†
Chpt 16
- No one had ever mentioned Asirgarh to her, but it had huge and noble bastions and to the right of them was a mosque.
Chpt 23 *bastions = defensive fortifications
- The mosque was to the left of the bastions now.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
a strong defender or reliable example of something -- like a fortress or a person upholding a principle