counterscarp

English

When an attacker found himself in the ditch, he could be reached by the musket firing ports in the counterscarp.

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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