Ecoute
Pronunciation : e`coute"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., a listening place.] (Mil.)
Definition : Defn: One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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