Caponiere

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caponiere \Cap`o*niere"\, n. [F. caponni[`e]re, fr. Sp.
     caponera, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place
     of refuge; cf. It. capponiera. See {Capon}.] (Fort.)
     A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the
     enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
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