glacis

Meaning

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

Origin

  • Borrowed from French glacis.

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