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)

1. (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