EMINENCE. A high or rising ground overlooking the country around.
EMISSARY. A culvert or drain.
EMPRISE. A hazardous attempt upon the enemy.
EMPTIONS. Stores purchased.
EMPTY. Cargo discharged.
EMPTY BASTION. In fortification is a bastion whereof the terreplein, or terrace in rear of the parapet, not having been carried farther to the rear than its regular distance, leaves a large space within it of a lower level.
EMPTY BOTTLE. See [Marine Officer].
ENCAMPMENT. See [Camp].
ENCEINTE. [Fr.] A slightly bastioned wall or rampart line of defence, which sometimes surrounds the body of a place; when only flanked by turrets it is called a Roman wall.
ENCIRCLING REEFS. A name given to a form of coral reef, the architecture of myriads of zoophytes in tropical seas.