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Level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
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terreplein
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Terreplein \Terre"plein`\, n. [F., fr. L. terra earth + planus even, level, plain.] (Fort.) The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate . (Civ. Engin.) An embankment of earth with a broad ...
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Terreplein , or terre-plein — in fortifications is the top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which cannon are placed, protected by a parapet . In Martello towers , the roof or terreplein was sometimes surmounted with one or two cannon mounted ...
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n. level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (cx military English) A level space, often at the top of a rampart, and behind a parapet, on which artillery can be mounted. 2 (cx civil engineering English) An embankment of earth with a broad level top, sometimes excavated to form a continuation ...
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So mighty-looking is this vehicle that you can't think of it in the language of designers or engineers, but must resort to the vocabulary of military architecture, because in spite of its sleekness, it seems to be a fortress on wheels: all compact buttresses, ramparts, terrepleins, scarps, counterscarps, bastions made aerodynamic, condensed and adapted to rolling stock.