boyau

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BOY'AU, noun boy'o. In fortification, a ditch covered with a parapet, serving as a communication between two trenches. BOY'-BLIND, adjective Blind as a boy; undiscerning.
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