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Terreplein   Listen
noun
Terreplein  n.  
1.
(Fort.) The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed.
2.
(Civ. Engin.) An embankment of earth with a broad level top, which is sometimes excavated to form a continuation of an elevated canal across a valley.





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"Terreplein" Quotes from Famous Books



... in places remaining. Above this pit a Mihrb, or prayer-niche, fronting Meccah-wards (more exactly 175 degrees mag.) shows the now ruinous mosque: the Bedawi declare that it was built by a "Pasha." Higher again, upon a terreplein, are lines of tanks laid out with all that lavishness of labour which distinguishes similar works in Syria: it is, however, difficult to assign any date to these constructions. The cisterns were explored by Mr. Clarke and Lieutenant ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton


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