counterslope

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ slope.

Noun

counterslope (plural counterslopes)

1. An overhanging slope.

   a wall with a counterslope

   • 1867, Dennis Hart Mahan, An Elementary Course of Military Engineering, volume 1, John Wiley & Son, page 206:

     Embrasures of howitzers and guns firing under great angles of elevation may receive a counterslope, giving the sole nearly the same inclination, from the sill upwards, as the least angle of elevation under which it may be required to aim the piece

Verb

counterslope (third-person singular simple present counterslopes, present participle countersloping, simple past and past participle countersloped)

1. (intransitive) To slope on the opposite side or direction.

References

• Online Oxford English Dictionary[1]

Anagrams

• counterpoles