Counterguard

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

  Counterguard \Coun"ter*guard`\ (koun"t[~e]r*g[aum]rd`), n.
     (Fort.)
     A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two
     lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and
     protecting them from a breaching fire.
     [1913 Webster] Counterirritant