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thumb|200px|A crownwork outside a bastion 200px|thumb|Feature 'l' is a crownwork.
A crownwork is an element of the trace italienne system of fortification and is effectively an expanded hornwork (a type of outwork). It consists of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.
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