Crossword clues for terreplein
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 level top, which is sometimes excavated to form a continuation of an elevated canal across a valley.
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 of an elevated canal across a valley.
WordNet
n. level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
Wikipedia
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 on a gun platform with a central pivot, that enabled the guns to traverse up to 360 degrees.
In civil engineering works, a terreplein is an embankment of earth with a broad level top, which is sometimes excavated to form a continuation of an elevated canal across a valley.
Usage examples of "terreplein".
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.