Usually means: Outer slope of a ditch.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. counterscarp: Merriam-Webster
  2. counterscarp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. counterscarp: Collins English Dictionary
  4. counterscarp: Wordnik
  5. counterscarp: Wiktionary
  6. counterscarp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. counterscarp: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. counterscarp: Dictionary.com
  9. Counterscarp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. counterscarp: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. counterscarp: FreeDictionary.org
  12. counterscarp: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. counterscarp: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. COUNTERSCARP: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Counterscarp: Castle Terms

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Counterscarp: Dictionary of Military Architecture
  2. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  (architecture) The outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch

Similar:
escarp, scarp, esplanade, anti-scarp, excarpment, escarpment, scarpment, scarcement, graffage, scarpland, more...

Opposite:
escarpment, glacis, slope

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Similar:
escarp, scarp, esplanade, anti-scarp, excarpment, escarpment, scarpment, scarcement, graffage, scarpland, more...

Opposite:
escarpment, glacis, slope



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