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COUNTERSCARP (_" opposite scarp," Fr. contrescarpe)
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COUNTERSCARP (_" opposite scarp," Fr. contrescarpe), a term used in fortification for the outer slope of a ditch; see FORTIFICATION AND SIEGECRAFT.