A strip of land in front of something. Fortification. (See quot. 1853.)
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释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > ground behind rampart > ground between rampart and ditch (4) foreland1704 A strip of land in front of something. Fortification. (See quot. 1853.) lisière1706 = berm, n., foreland, n. 2b. berm1729 A narrow space or ledge; esp. in Fortification a space of ground, from 3 to 8 feet wide, sometimes left between the ditch and the base of the parapet. ledge1729 Fortification. = berm, n. |
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