lisièren.
Fortification. ? Obsolete.
= berm n., foreland n. 2b.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > ground behind rampart > ground between rampart and ditch
foreland1704
lisière1706
berm1729
ledge1729
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lisiere,..a Term in Fortification, the same as Berme and Fore-land.
1758 J. Watson Mil. Dict. Foreland, Barm, Berm, or Lizier.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
n.1706