Banquette

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In fortification, a banquette is a little foot path or elevated step along the inside of a rampart or parapet, by which the musketeers get up to view the counterscarp, or to fire on the enemies in the moat. These are generally a foot and a half high, and almost three feet wide.

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1. This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [1]

[edit] See also

• List of established military terms