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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Glacis \Gla"cis\, n. [F. glacis; -- so named from its smoothness. See {Glacier}.] 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}). | |
