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terreplein

Noun

terre=plein

WORDNET DICTIONARY

terreplein(n = noun.location) - level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart;

terreplein, n. [F., fr. L. terra earth + planus even, level, plain.].

The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate. [1913 Webster]
An embankment of earth with a broad level top, which is sometimes excavated to form a continuation of an elevated canal across a valley. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

terreplein, n. a level space where a battery of guns is mounted.

Etymology

orig. a sloping bank behind a rampart f. F terre-plein f. It. terrapieno f. terrapienare fill with earth f. terra earth + pieno f. L plenus full