counterscarp

counterscarp
/kown"teuhr skahrp'/, n. Fort.
the exterior slope or wall of the ditch of a fort, supporting the covered way. See diag. under bastion.
[1565-75; COUNTER- + SCARP1 (modeled on It contrascarpa); r. counterscarfe, with scarfe obs. var. of SCARP1]

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