glacis

gla·cis

G0138200 (glă-sē′, glăs′ē, glā′sĭs)n. pl. glacis 1. a. A gentle slope; an incline.b. A slope extending down from a fortification.2. A neutral area separating conflicting forces.

[French, from Old French, from glacer, to slide, from glace, ice, from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glaciēs; see gel- in Indo-European roots.]

glacis

(ˈɡlæsɪs; ˈɡlæsɪ; ˈɡleɪ-) n, pl -ises or -is (-iːz; -ɪz) 1. a slight incline; slope2. (Fortifications) an open slope in front of a fortified place3. (Military) short for glacis plate[C17: from French, from Old French glacier to freeze, slip, from Latin glaciāre, from glaciēs ice]

gla•cis

(ˈgleɪ sɪs, ˈglæs ɪs)

n., pl. gla•cis (ˈgleɪ siz, -sɪz, ˈglæs iz, -ɪz)
gla•cis•es. 1. a gentle slope. 2. a gradually sloping embankment of earth dug from the ditch of a fortification, leading downward from the counterscarp toward open country. [1665–75; < Middle French; akin to Old French glacier to slide; compare Latin glacāre to make into ice; see glacé]

Glacis

a gently sloping embankment in front of the outside ditch of a fortress, long-term structure, or field fortification. The glacis was built for the purpose of improving the field of fire over terrain lying in front of it and for camouflaging and defending the fortification.

In Russian fortresses the main rampart sometimes had a glacis-like profile, so that frontal fire could be directed at the bottom of the outside ditch. In current long-term fortifications the glacis is not used, and in field fortifications (foxholes and trenches) a breastwork is set up. In architecture the glacis is the unbuilt space in front of a fortress (in front of the earth embankment or in its place if it has been destroyed). During a city’s development around a fortress, the glacis usually was turned into a garden or a square (for example, the Admiralty and Senate [now Decembrists] squares in Leningrad on the site of the 18th-century ditches and glacis of the Admiralty shipyard-fortress).

glacis

A sloped embankment in front of a fortification, so raised as to bring an advancing enemy into the most direct line of fire.

单词	glacis
释义	glacis gla·cis G0138200 (glă-sē′, glăs′ē, glā′sĭs)n. pl. glacis 1. a. A gentle slope; an incline.b. A slope extending down from a fortification.2. A neutral area separating conflicting forces. [French, from Old French, from glacer, to slide, from glace, ice, from Vulgar Latin glacia, from Latin glaciēs; see gel- in Indo-European roots.] glacis (ˈɡlæsɪs; ˈɡlæsɪ; ˈɡleɪ-) n, pl -ises* or -is (-iːz; -ɪz) 1. a slight incline; slope2. (Fortifications) an open slope in front of a fortified place3. (Military) short for glacis plate[C17: from French, from Old French glacier to freeze, slip, from Latin glaciāre, from glaciēs ice] gla•cis (ˈgleɪ sɪs, ˈglæs ɪs) n., pl. gla•cis (ˈgleɪ siz, -sɪz, ˈglæs iz, -ɪz) gla•cis•es. 1. a gentle slope. 2. a gradually sloping embankment of earth dug from the ditch of a fortification, leading downward from the counterscarp toward open country. [1665–75; < Middle French; akin to Old French glacier to slide; compare Latin glacāre to make into ice; see glacé] Glacis Glacis a gently sloping embankment in front of the outside ditch of a fortress, long-term structure, or field fortification. The glacis was built for the purpose of improving the field of fire over terrain lying in front of it and for camouflaging and defending the fortification. In Russian fortresses the main rampart sometimes had a glacis-like profile, so that frontal fire could be directed at the bottom of the outside ditch. In current long-term fortifications the glacis is not used, and in field fortifications (foxholes and trenches) a breastwork is set up. In architecture the glacis is the unbuilt space in front of a fortress (in front of the earth embankment or in its place if it has been destroyed). During a city’s development around a fortress, the glacis usually was turned into a garden or a square (for example, the Admiralty and Senate [now Decembrists] squares in Leningrad on the site of the 18th-century ditches and glacis of the Admiralty shipyard-fortress). glacis A sloped embankment in front of a fortification, so raised as to bring an advancing enemy into the most direct line of fire.
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