terreplein

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The sloping earthen embankment behind a defensive wall. obsolete
  2. The level platform atop a wall, typically protected by a parapet and (strictly) distinguished from the slightly higher banquette used by its defenders.
  3. Any level base used by artillery in the field.
  4. Any earthen embankment with a broad level top, such as those used for a canal elevated above a valley floor.

词形变化

terrepleins plural terre-plein alternative terraplene alternative teraplene alternative terrepleine alternative terraplana alternative terraplane alternative terraplain alternative terreplaine alternative terreplain alternative

词源

Originally a borrowing of Italian terrapieno (“earth-fill(ed)”), later altered after the model of French terreplein (now terre-plein). Its former misspellings arose from confusion of the second element of the name with Italian piano or French plain, plane (“flat, level”) based on the appearance of the earth-filled central platforms of walls.
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