Avant

The front of an army; foremost, most advang wards the enemy. [French] A vantage. — The distance of the axis of the stock to the4 of the axis of symmetry of the barrels of a donble-bi gun. … Avant-bee. — The forepeak of a ponton boat (all that fjj the bow the bottom of which curves up). [French].u Avant-bras. — Guards for the lower arms, worn by knigjty soldiers in the— Middle Ages.ring [French] Avant-enira e. A circular of metal protecting; the "!(fl over the vulnerable parts of a cupola or turret. [Freai i Avant-fo 6. — In fortification, an advanced ditch at the'1!,y the glacis of the enceinte.