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1. (n.) glacis
a gentle slope.
2. glacis
a gradually sloping embankment of earth dug from the ditch of a fortification, leading downward from the counterscarp toward open country.
Etymology: (1665–75; < MF; akin to OF glacier to slide; cf. L glacāre to make into ice; see glacé)
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1. (noun) glacis
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)
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