“they built small
mounds to hide behind”
synonyms:
hill
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examples:
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Antonine Wall
a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain
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Great Wall of China
a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width
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barbette
(formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
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barrow, burial mound, grave mound, tumulus
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
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embankment
a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
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snow bank, snowbank
a mound or heap of snow
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levee
an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
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bulwark, rampart, wall
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
type of:
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construction, structure
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts