avant-mur

French

Etymology

avant (“before”) + mur (“wall”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.vɑ̃.myʁ/

Noun

avant-mur m (plural avant-murs)

  1. (architecture, dated) a wall erected in front of another wall
  2. (military, dated) the outer part of a fortification

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