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glacis
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glacis

glacis <a glacis; glacises> N

glacis

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It consists of a surrounding rampart with numerous bastions, faced by a deep ditch and glacis.
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The soil is composed by gravels and conglomerates of detritic coverages, glacis and erosion of hillsides.
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The back plate too was hexagonal but more reclined; it was at its underside joined to a lower back glacis plate, both forming a wedge.
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Many of the tanks had their entire glacis plate and turret front covered by spare track links in an attempt to improve the tank's protection.
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The turret includes a phased array radar on the front glacis for measuring the muzzle velocity of each round fired.
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The corners between the glacis and the sides were truncated.
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While the fort retains its original form, the ditch and glacis (embankment) have been modified and are largely non-existent in some areas.
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The driver's vision flap was reduced to a plain square flap with rounded lower corners, in line with the glacis plate.
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The fort's main features are substantial curtain walls, ditches, a glacis, redoubts, bastions, and redans (or demi-bastions).
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However, more and more swarmed on to the glacis between the cliff and the defenders, funnelling into the gap between the kraal and laager.
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