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counterscarps

counterscarps is the plural of counterscarp.

Meaning of counterscarp

Noun

counterscarp (plural counterscarps)

  1. The outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
    • —I would throw out the earth upon this hand towards the town for the scarp,—and on that hand towards the campaign for the counterscarp.—Very right, Trim, quoth my uncle Toby:—And when I had sloped them to your mind,——an’ please your Honour, I would face the glacis, as the finest fortifications are...1659, Laurence Sterne, chapter XXX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Questions about counterscarps

What is counterscarps the plural of?
Counterscarps is the plural of counterscarp.

Words near counterscarps in the dictionary

  1. countersanctions
  2. countersang
  3. countersank
  4. counterscale
  5. counterscarp
  6. counterscarps
  7. counterscheme
  8. counterschemes
  9. counterscientific
  10. counterscoff
  11. counterscoffs

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