What is an outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reëntrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap called?
swallowtail — (Fort.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reëntrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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