glacis

/gley-sis, glas-is/US // ˈgleɪ sɪs, ˈglæs ɪs //UK // (ˈɡlæsɪs, ˈɡlæsɪ, ˈɡleɪ-) //

冰川,冰河,冰面,冰川区

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural gla·cis [gley-seez, -siz, glas-eez, -iz], /ˈgleɪ siz, -sɪz, ˈglæs iz, -ɪz/, gla·cis·es.
- : a gentle slope.
- : Fortification. a bank of earth in front of the counterscarp or covered way of a fort, having an easy slope toward the field or open country.

In six days they completed the parapet, with a glacis on the opposite side.
The opposing lines of trenches go down the slope, much as usual, with the enemy line above on a slight natural glacis.
It was like the escarped rampart of a stupendous fortress, whose glacis was the beach, and whose champaign the ocean.
It is defended by a castle with ditches glacis, and by a double wall, which in some parts is triple.
Hamos (Hems) is a good town, well inclosed with walls and ditches "en glacis," situated in a plain on the banks of a small river.