counterscarp 的定义
Fortification.
- the exterior slope or wall of the ditch of a fort, supporting the covered way.
更多counterscarp例句
- They consisted of a trench seven feet deep; the bottom, from scarp to counterscarp, six feet broad; the top thirteen feet broad.
- Ravelin, rav′lin, n. a detached work with two embankments raised before the counterscarp.
- At our feet the counterscarp which stayed the earth on the enemys side from filling up the moat.
- The situation of the chapel prompted us to look over the ground for traces of a lunette bastion on the counterscarp.
- This arrangement is frequently placed at the foot of the counterscarp.