counterscarp
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of counterscarp
1565–75; counter- + scarp ( def. ) (modeled on Italian contrascarpa ); replacing counterscarfe, with scarfe obsolete variant of scarp ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The advantage of the additional obstacle of the counterscarp was thus lost to the defence.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
If not interfered with by the defenders the besieger can advance in this way until he reaches the counterscarp.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
To facilitate sorties in great force he did away with a counterscarp wall, providing instead a long gentle slope from the bottom of the ditch to the crest of the glacis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
The counterscarp is not revetted if the ditch is wet.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
I continued along the counterscarp of the cliff, until I had reached the edge of the lateral ravine leading out from the river valley.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne
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