terreplein (English, noun)
expansion: terreplein (plural terrepleins)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The sloping earthen embankment behind a defensive wall.
tags: obsolete
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The level platform atop a wall, typically protected by a parapet and (strictly) distinguished from the slightly higher banquette used by its defenders.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Any level base used by artillery in the field.
topics: civil-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any earthen embankment with a broad level top, such as those used for a canal elevated above a valley floor.
Forms:
form: terrepleins
tags: plural
form: terre-plein
tags: alternative
form: terraplene
tags: alternative
form: teraplene
tags: alternative
form: terrepleine
tags: alternative
form: terraplana
tags: alternative
form: terraplane
tags: alternative
form: terraplain
tags: alternative
form: terreplaine
tags: alternative
form: terreplain
tags: alternative