1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Counterscarp

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18339111911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 7 — Counterscarp

COUNTERSCARP ( = “opposite scarp,” Fr. contrescarpe), a term used in fortification for the outer slope of a ditch; see Fortification and Siegecraft.

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