He took the view that the bastions with their ravelins constituted practically a tenaille trace, spoilt by the detachment of the ravelins and cramped by the presence of the curtains and flanks.
The elements of the plan are those of the early bastioned trace, but we find added both ravelins and lunettes, very regular in design.
They differ from the ravelins in being placed in front of the bastions instead of the curtains.
On the other sides the wet ditch was made still broader, and sometimes contained a counterguard, sometimes ravelins and lunettes.
That of Paris, which was influenced by political considerations, was a simple bastioned trace with rather long fronts and without ravelins or other outworks; the escarp was high and therefore exposed, and the counterscarp was not revetted.
A fine mansion, belonging to Mrs. Pell, with cultivated grounds around it, occupy the area within the ravelinsof the old fort.
There was a covered way toward the water on the north side of the hill, and about twenty yards in the rear are some prominent remains of the ravelins which extended across the point.
The city, on the east, is now fast crowding upon the ravelins of the old Fort.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ravelins" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
