a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions
棱堡。
a natural rock formation resembling such a fortification
棱堡状岩石。
〈喻〉 堡垒;坚定分子
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cricket's last bastion of discrimination .歧视板球的最后堡垒。
"mid 16th cent.: from French, from Italian