Examples of 'glacis' in a sentence
Meaning of "glacis"
glacis is a noun in architecture referring to a gently sloping bank or mound of earth
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- 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.
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The bosses on the glacis were retained.
Lower glacis can be penetrated easily.
He lay there all last night on the glacis.
The ramparts and glacis are covered with vegetation.
The entire structure is surrounded by a ditch and glacis.
Glacis type drop structure.
Application of a black mineral whitewash as a glacis on facade elements.
Glacis type fall structure.
A replacement road wheel is often carried on the glacis plate.
Standard lower glacis weakpoint and frontal transmission combination.
A radio antenna was mounted on the front right of the glacis.
The pointed glacis was a design feature to maximize armor protection.
At the top of the sloping scarp or glacis is another wall.
Glacis and covered road.
Below is an old feudal glacis.
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The glacis is of laminate armour and the turret is armoured steel.
It folds back onto the glacis plate when not in use.
Types of fortification using batters included the talus and glacis.
Straight glacis drop.
At medium and longer ranges you want to hit it in the lower glacis.
Straight glacis fall.
It is a formidable glacis.
This folds back onto the glacis plate when not required.
All of them were reinforced with frontal layer armor welded on the glacis plate.
The Dutch mobile army reached the glacis of the fortress of Cambrai that evening.
Engine can get damaged or catch fire from hits to the lower glacis.
All three funnels were equipped with a steel glacis for splinter protection.
These former colonies were seen as a NATO southern flank glacis.
Military use of the Site demanded a cleared glacis to permit a view of the harbour channel.
They had also been reinforced with frontal armour welded on the glacis plate.
The glacis was likewise used as the foundations of the Glacis Estate.
It is separated from the rest of the mountain by a glacis and by ditches.
Do not miss the Glacismaart in the Limpertsberg district of the Glacis car park.
This means you should try to hide your vulnerable glacis plate behind some cover.
The walls above glacis level are divided into corrugations, giving them a characteristic appearance.
ERA was also fitted on the front glacis.
Advanced battery and glacis Fair Routine maintenance.
ERA was added on front upper glacis.
Residence Glacis apartment.
The ticket office at the Champ du Glacis.
Some tanks feature the glacis add-on armor other not.
In other words, to turn it into a glacis.
The hull had a sloped glacis plate, vertical sides, and a slightly beveled rear.
A rockfall net behind des Glacis stairs.
Unable to build a glacis around the stronghold, Vauban reinforced the bastions.
Best hotels in Glacis.
Lower Glacis is easy to penetrate, therefore watch for one going over hills.
Moving back to Glacis.
Image 1 The glacis surrounding Murney Tower is clearly visible in this aerial photograph.
Tower and ditch were protected by a rubble-filled glacis.
