counterscarp / ˈkaʊn tərˌskɑrp /

🎓大学词汇凸显反转凸显出的是对立面

counterscarp 的定义

n. 名词 noun

Fortification.

  1. the exterior slope or wall of the ditch of a fort, supporting the covered way.

更多counterscarp例句

  1. They consisted of a trench seven feet deep; the bottom, from scarp to counterscarp, six feet broad; the top thirteen feet broad.
  2. Ravelin, rav′lin, n. a detached work with two embankments raised before the counterscarp.
  3. At our feet the counterscarp which stayed the earth on the enemys side from filling up the moat.
  4. The situation of the chapel prompted us to look over the ground for traces of a lunette bastion on the counterscarp.
  5. This arrangement is frequently placed at the foot of the counterscarp.