Definitions
projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
Word origin
First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”).
Used in a sentence
“[…] Fort Camosun had swelled herself from being a little Hudson's Bay Fort, inside a stockade with bastions at the corners, into being the little town of Victoria, and the capital of British Columbia.”
“a bastion of hope”
“the bastion of democracy”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Strong defensive place”7 letters
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