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Counterscarp
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(_"opposite scarp," Fr. contrescarpe), a term used in fortification for the outer slope of a ditch; see Fortification And Siegecraft.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Counterscarp'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/counterscarp.html. 1910.