Glacis

Word GLACIS
Character 6
Hyphenation gla cis
Pronunciations /ˈɡleɪsɪs/

Definitions and meanings of "Glacis"

What do we mean by glacis?

A gentle slope; an incline. noun

A slope extending down from a fortification. noun

A neutral area separating conflicting forces. noun

A gentle slope or sloping bank. noun

An easy slope, like that of the shingle piled on the shore by the action of the tides and waves, less steep than a talus. noun

A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of ravelin). noun

A gentle incline in front of a fortification. noun

The angled armour plate on the front of a tank; glacis plate. noun

A device for sorting mail which slides parcels across a sloped surface. noun

A gentle incline in front of a fortification.

The angled armour plate on the front of a tank; glacis plate.

An erosional or depositional landform, with little slope.

(postal service) A device for sorting mail which slides parcels across a sloped surface.

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Synonyms and Antonyms for Glacis

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The word "glacis" in example sentences

The glacis is the smooth ground outside the ditch. ❋ Unknown (1867)

Thus the ground beyond the ditch, that is, the glacis, covers the walls from the shot of a besieger, and renders it extremely difficult to reach them. ❋ Unknown (1867)

The purpose of the glacis, which is an inclined plane, is to expose an attacking party to the fire of the guns, which are so placed as to sweep it from the crest of the counterscarp to the edge of the beach. ❋ Unknown (1861)

At the base is a kind of glacis, which runs up at an angle of forty-five from the plain to within fifty, and, in some places, within twenty feet of the foot of the wall. ❋ William Sleeman (1822)

The Germans labored up the glacis slowly at the most exposed places; now crawling on their bellies, now creeping on hands and knees, but, in the main, moving with erect and steady bearing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This crusts over the whole glacis of the eastern and northern parts of the piedmont giving very poor soils, usually skeletal lithosols if present at all. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It rises abruptly 1,000 m above an almost flat surrounding glacis. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Again there was no moat, just a glacis, so that they had to mount a kind of stone hill leading up to the wall. ❋ John Dermot Woods (2010)

The landscape is characterized by volcanic piles with precipitous slopes, and deeply incised valleys (glacis slopes). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The inner walls of the Crac are ringed by a smooth slope called a glacis. ❋ Christian C. Sahner (2009)

I plan to buy one of these beauties soon and hopefully assemble it and embellish it a little bit with a fixed base and a glacis or revelin or two. ❋ Der Alte Fritz (2008)

The erosion of the steepest inclines has produced large rocky outcrops, or "glacis." ❋ Unknown (2008)

On the higher plateau, the vegetation comprises different steppe types depending on edaphic factors, such as steppe of Stipa tenacissima in the sides of the Atlas and glacis with argilo-sandy soils; steppe of Artemisia "Herba alba" in the glacis and depressions that are silty; steppe of Lygeum spartum which follows sandy accumulations. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Castle, in this aspect also, rose considerably above the neighboring ground, but the elevation of the site, which towards the torrent was an abrupt rock, was on this side a steep eminence, which had been scarped like a modern glacis, to render the building more secure. ❋ Unknown (2008)

NATO forces, pressing steadily deeper into what Russia thought to be a defensive glacis from a resurgent Germany, set off alarms in the Russian bureaus and public alike, thereby contributing to the return to authoritarian government based on national security and militarism. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But at length the city of Quebec, with its green glacis and frowning battlements, was left behind, and we drove through flat country abounding in old stone dwelling-houses, old farms, and large fields of stubble. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The speaker came into clear sight on the glacis a yard or two away. ❋ Unknown (2005)

We had to show our heads over the rim to shoot, but the danger was lessened by the superb field of fire given by those last dozen yards of glacis. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The charge must have been short, for it was a bad miss, landing somewhere on the glacis. ❋ Unknown (2005)

[Vou] [comer] a [Glaci] (I will eat Glaci) because he is a sweet delicacy. ❋ Annonymoose :) (2020)

[Oh hey] it’s a [Glacies]. [What up dawg] ❋ Naw Naw Dog (2020)

[glaci]: "[hi] im glaci" [vivi]: "wow thats glaci" ❋ Fucking Gay Bitchass (2023)

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