counterscarpn.

Brit.

/ˈkaʊntəskɑːp/, U.S.

/ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌskɑrp/

Forms: 1500s–1600s counterscarf(e, (1500s counterscharfe, 1600s counterscarph, counterskarfe, contrescarp(e, contrascarpe), 1500s–1800s counterscarpe, 1500s– counterscarp.

Etymology: < French contrescarpe (in Rabelais 1550), < Italian contrascarpa , < contra- opposite + scarpa slope of a wall, etc., scarp n.²

1. Fortification. The outer wall or slope of the ditch, which supports the covered way; sometimes extended to include the covered way and glacis.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > side of ditch nearest to besiegers

counterscarp?a1560

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xxv. sig. Giv v Scaling laders that shall reache from the brym of the ditch or edge of the counterscarfe, to the top of the wal or curtein.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. xviii. 228 Scipio..hemming them round within trench, and counterscarph.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) By this term is often understood, the whole Covertway with its Parapet and Glacis. And so it is to be understood, when 'tis said The Enemy lodged themselves on the Counterscarp.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 41 General Schuylemburgh had made a Lodgment on the Counterscarp of the Tenaille.

1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. v. 196 The trenches were..brought close to the counterscarp of the ditch.

2. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 61 The fleshy Membrane as an avant Mure or inward counter-scarfe, is ordained as a secret defence.

1653 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) xi. 182 Defended by the counterskarfe of the lips.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 27 A secure counterscarp from the rage of the Sea.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. i. vii. 100 Bastions and counterscarps of clipped yew and variegated holly.

3. attributive.

ΚΠ

1670 T. Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 376 The counter-scarf towers.

1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 353 Counterscarpe revêtements.

Derivatives

ˈcounterscarp v. (transitive) to provide or defend with a counterscarp: also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > protect or surround with rampart [verb (transitive)] > provide with counterscarp

counterscarp1611

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Contrascarpare, to counterskarfe.

1648 tr. J.-F. Senault Paraphr. Job 392 [Rocks] counter-skarfed and encompassed with Praecipices.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	counterscarp
释义	counterscarpn. Brit. /ˈkaʊntəskɑːp/, U.S. /ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌskɑrp/ Forms: 1500s–1600s counterscarf(e, (1500s counterscharfe, 1600s counterscarph, counterskarfe, contrescarp(e, contrascarpe), 1500s–1800s counterscarpe, 1500s– counterscarp. Etymology: < French contrescarpe (in Rabelais 1550), < Italian contrascarpa , < contra- opposite + scarpa slope of a wall, etc., scarp n.² 1. Fortification. The outer wall or slope of the ditch, which supports the covered way; sometimes extended to include the covered way and glacis. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > side of ditch nearest to besiegers counterscarp?a1560 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xxv. sig. Giv v Scaling laders that shall reache from the brym of the ditch or edge of the counterscarfe, to the top of the wal or curtein. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. xviii. 228 Scipio..hemming them round within trench, and counterscarph. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) By this term is often understood, the whole Covertway with its Parapet and Glacis. And so it is to be understood, when 'tis said The Enemy lodged themselves on the Counterscarp. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 41 General Schuylemburgh had made a Lodgment on the Counterscarp of the Tenaille. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. v. 196 The trenches were..brought close to the counterscarp of the ditch. 2. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 61 The fleshy Membrane as an avant Mure or inward counter-scarfe, is ordained as a secret defence. 1653 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) xi. 182 Defended by the counterskarfe of the lips. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 27 A secure counterscarp from the rage of the Sea. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. i. vii. 100 Bastions and counterscarps of clipped yew and variegated holly. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1670 T. Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 376 The counter-scarf towers. 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 353 Counterscarpe revêtements. Derivatives ˈcounterscarp v. (transitive) to provide or defend with a counterscarp: also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > protect or surround with rampart [verb (transitive)] > provide with counterscarp counterscarp1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Contrascarpare, to counterskarfe. 1648 tr. J.-F. Senault Paraphr. Job 392 [Rocks] counter-skarfed and encompassed with Praecipices. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmas counterscarp counterscarp n. Brit. /ˈkaʊntəskɑːp/ , U.S. /ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌskɑrp/ ΚΠ c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 60 The Workes, and especialy the Counterscarp [c1700, De Vita Propria (1955) I. 41: Conter Scarp] is..curiously hedg'd with a quick. extracted from counter-prefix < n.?a1560 as lemmas
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counterscarpn.

Derivatives

> as lemmas