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Webster 1913 Edition

Counterscarp

Coun′ter-scarpˊ

(kounˊtẽr-skärpˊ)
Noun.
[
Counter-
+
scarp
: cf. F.
contrescarpe
.]
(Fort.)
The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; – sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis;
as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the
counterscarp
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Counterscarp

COUNTERSCARP

,
Noun.
In fortification, the exterior talus or slope of the ditch, or the talus that supports the earth of the covered way; but it often signifies the whole covered way, with its parapet and glacis; as when it is said, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.

Definition 2024

counterscarp

counterscarp

English

Noun

counterscarp ‎(plural counterscarps)

  1. The outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch

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