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

Further reading

• “avant-mur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.