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COUNTERSCARP (_" opposite scarp," Fr....

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 316 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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See also: COUNTERSCARP (_" opposite scarp," Fr. contrescarpe) COUNTERSCARP (_" opposite scarp," Fr. contrescarpe) , a See also: TERM term used in fortification for the See also: OUTER outer slope of a ditch; see FORTIFICATION AND SIEGECRAFT . End of Article: COUNTERSCARP (_" opposite scarp," Fr. contrescarpe)
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