I have thought of a tenaille -- of a flat bastion. From Wordnik.com. [Fort Amity] Reference
In fact governor Stuyvesant, like the celebrated Montalembert, held bastions in absolute contempt; yet did he not like him substitute a tenaille angulaire des polygons à ailerons. From Wordnik.com. [A History of New York] Reference
Platforms, of a tenaille form, for our cannon. From Wordnik.com. [Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02] Reference
"We should be grateful it's not a tenaille trace. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Siege]
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