Antestature
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An antestature is an archaic term for a fortification made of sandbags. They were historically hastily established by a retreating force to slow the progress of the enemy.
The word comes from the Latin ante ("before"), and statūra ("a standing").
This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
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