noun. undefined

noun. A gentle slope; an incline.

noun. A slope extending down from a fortification.

noun. A neutral area separating conflicting forces.

noun. A gentle slope or sloping bank.

noun. An easy slope, like that of the shingle piled on the shore by the action of the tides and waves, less steep than a talus.

noun. A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of ravelin).

noun. A gentle incline in front of a fortification.

noun. The angled armour plate on the front of a tank; glacis plate.

noun. A device for sorting mail which slides parcels across a sloped surface.

"The glacis is the smooth ground outside the ditch."

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andesite  bastion  battlement  battlements  chapelle  

abatis  advanced work  balistraria  bank  bank  

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