Mouvemens ouverts, Fr. Movements, or evolutions, which are made at open order.
Mouvemens serrés, Fr. Movements, or evolutions, which are made at close order.
Mouvemens opposés, Fr. Opposite movements, or evolutions.
Mouvement, Fr. See [Movement].
Mouvement, Fr. See [Motion] for its general acceptation.
Mouvemens, Fr. Commotions, broils.
MOYENNE, Fr. A piece of ordnance formerly so called. See [Minion].
MOYEN. The bastions which are constructed on the angles are called royal bastions. Some engineers have distinguished those bastions by the name of moyens royaux, or medium royals, whose flanks contain from ninety to one hundred toises.
Moyenne Ville, Fr. A term given by the French to any town in which the garrison is equal to the third of the inhabitants, and which is not deemed sufficiently important to bear the expence of a citadel; more especially so, because it is not in the power of the inhabitants to form seditious meetings without the knowlege of the soldiers who are quartered on them.
MOYENS côtés, Fr. In fortification, are those sides which contain from eighty to one hundred and twenty toises in extent: these are always fortified with bastions on their angles. The moyens côtés, are generally found along the extent of irregular places; and each one of these is individually subdivided into small, mean, and great sides.