Obs. rare. [a. It. argine, according to Diez:—pop. L. *arger-em for *adger-em, agger-em, a mound.] An embankment or rampart in front of a fort.
1589. Ive, Fortif., 3. The Fort … must also haue … an argine or banke to empeache the approach.
c. 1590. Marlowe, 2nd Pt. Tamburl., III. ii. High argins … To keep the bulwark-fronts from battery.
