Cov"ered (k?v"?rd),
a. Under
cover; screened; sheltered; not
exposed; hidden. Covered way (Fort.), a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an
embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrison an open line of
communication around
the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch. See Illust. of Ravelin.
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