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Noun: star fort
  1. A fortification composed of many projecting triangular bastions (usually from five to eight), specifically designed to cover each other; first seen in the mid-15th century in Italy.
    "Star forts were employed by Michelangelo in the defensive earthworks of Florence, and refined in the sixteenth century by Baldassare Peruzzi and Scamozzi.";
    - trace italienne, star-shaped fortress, bastion fort, star fortress

Type of: fort, fortress

Encyclopedia: Star fort