English
Etymology
From counter- + scarp.
Noun
counterscarp (plural counterscarps)
- (architecture) The outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
Translations
outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
- Catalan: contraescarpa (ca) f
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: kontreskarppi
- French: contrescarpe (fr) f
- German: Contrescarpe f
- Greek: αντίκρημνο n (antíkrimno)
- Irish: frithbhalla m
- Minaean: 𐩣𐩲𐩹𐩧 (mʿḏr)
- Ottoman Turkish: استحكامات خندقنك شیو خارجی (istihkâmat hendeğiñ şiv harici)
- Polish: przeciwskarpa f
- Russian: контрэска́рп (ru) m (kontrɛskárp), контр-эска́рп m (kontr-eskárp)
- Swedish: kontereskarp c
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