Synonyms for "counterscarp" (31 found)

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Closest matches (7)

abatisbankbarbicanbarricadebarrierbartizanbastion

Strong matches (9)

battlementbreastworkbulwarkcontravallationcurtaindikedrawbridgeearthworkenclosure

Related words (15)

entanglementescarpmentfencefortificationglacisloopholemoundpalisadeparapetrampartredoubtscarpsconcestockadework

Related word relations

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2 relation types

has context

1 entries

architecture

related to

2 entries

ditchslope

Translations

12 translations across 11 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• contraescarpa noun (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch)

Finnish

1 entries

• kontreskarppi noun (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch)

French

1 entries

• contrescarpe noun (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch)

German

1 entries

• Contrescarpe noun (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch)

Greek

1 entries

• αντίκρημνο noun (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch)

Irish

1 entries

• frithbhalla noun (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch)

Minaean

1 entries

• 𐩣𐩲𐩹𐩧 noun (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

• استحكامات خندقنك شیو خارجی noun (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch)

Polish

1 entries

• przeciwskarpa noun (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch)

Russian

2 entries

• контр-эска́рп noun (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch)
• контрэска́рп noun (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch)

Swedish

1 entries

• kontereskarp noun (outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch)

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