Coun'ter-guàrd, n.
n. (Fort.) A low work raised before the salient point of a bastion, consisting of two long faces parallel to the faces of the bastion, making a salient angle, to preserve the bastion.
n. (Fort.) A low work raised before the salient point of a bastion, consisting of two long faces parallel to the faces of the bastion, making a salient angle, to preserve the bastion.