counterscarp

English

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Etymology

From counter- +‎ scarp.

Pronunciation

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Noun

counterscarp (plural counterscarps)

1. (architecture) The outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch

Translations

outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch

Catalan: contraescarpa (ca) f Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kontreskarppi (fi) French: contrescarpe (fr) f German: Contrescarpe f Greek: αντίκρημνο n (antíkrimno) Irish: frithbhalla m Minaean: 𐩣𐩲𐩹𐩧 (mʿḏr) Ottoman Turkish: استحكامات خندقنك شیو خارجی (istihkâmat hendeğiñ şiv harici) Polish: przeciwskarpa f Russian: контрэска́рп (ru) m (kontrɛskárp), контр-эска́рп m (kontr-eskárp) Swedish: kontereskarp c