glacis
pronunciation
How to pronounce glacis in British English:
UK ['glæsɪs]
How to pronounce glacis in American English:
US ['gleɪsɪs]
Word Origin
- glacis (n.)
- "sloping bank" (especially leading up to a fortification), 1670s, from French glacir "to freeze, make slippery," from Old French glacier "to slip, glide," from Vulgar Latin *glaciare "to make or turn into ice," from Latin glacies "ice" (see glacial).
Example
- 1. Walkway built along the counterscarp and protected by the height of the glacis .
- 2. Suzhou huqiu tower is famous world culture heritage , yet tower body glacis .
- 3. If industry pollutants are capable hinting global temperatures to the point that the glacis began to melt , it is urgent for us to know how high the sea level will rise , as a result .
- 4. Freestanding fortification that protected the faces of the bastion and allowed the artillery to dominate the glacis .
- 5. When she got back to the house , like as not the phone would be ringing as the girls remembered further essential items : marrons glacis and you will make a cake mum , won 't you ?