"counterscarp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: counterscarps [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + scarp. Etymology templates: {{af|en|counter-|scarp}} counter- + scarp Head templates: {{en-noun}} counterscarp (plural counterscarps)
  1. (architecture) The outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch Wikipedia link: counterscarp Categories (topical): Architectural elements, Architecture Translations (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch): contraescarpa [feminine] (Catalan), kontreskarppi (Finnish), contrescarpe [feminine] (French), Contrescarpe [feminine] (German), αντίκρημνο (antíkrimno) [neuter] (Greek), frithbhalla [masculine] (Irish), 𐩣𐩲𐩹𐩧 (mʿḏr) (Minaean), استحكامات خندقنك شیو خارجی (istihkâmat hendeğiñ şiv harici) (Ottoman Turkish), przeciwskarpa [feminine] (Polish), контрэска́рп (kontrɛskárp) [masculine] (Russian), контр-эска́рп (kontr-eskárp) [masculine] (Russian), kontereskarp [common-gender] (Swedish)

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