scarp$72465$ - translation to greek
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scarp$72465$ - translation to greek

OUTER SIDE OF A DITCH OR MOAT IN A FORTIFICATION
Scarp (fortification); Counter scarp
  • The counterscarp gallery at [[Southsea Castle]] in [[Portsmouth]], England.
  • Counterscarp of a Napoleon era [[polygonal fort]] ([[Fort Napoleon, Ostend]]). Counterscarps had become vertical by this time. The housing at the bottom of the ditch is a [[caponier]] from where the defenders could fire on attackers that managed to climb down into the ditch, while being protected from cannon fire themselves.

scarp      
n. πλευρά τάφρου, γκρεμός, απότομη κατωφέρεια

Definition

Scarp
·noun A steep descent or declivity.
II. Scarp ·noun The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
III. Scarp ·noun A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
IV. Scarp ·vt To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.

Wikipedia

Counterscarp

A scarp and a counterscarp are the inner and outer sides, respectively, of a ditch or moat used in fortifications. Attackers (if they have not bridged the ditch) must descend the counterscarp and ascend the scarp. In permanent fortifications the scarp and counterscarp may be encased in stone. In less permanent fortifications, the counterscarp may be lined with paling fence set at an angle so as to give no cover to the attackers but to make advancing and retreating more difficult.

If an attacker succeeds in breaching a wall a coupure can be dug on the inside of the wall to hinder the forlorn hope, in which case the side of the ditch farthest from the breached wall and closest to the centre of the fortification is also called the counterscarp.