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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian terrapieno, from Medieval Latin terraplenum, from terra plenus filled with earth Date: 1591 the level space behind a parapet of a rampart where guns are mounted

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a level space where a battery of guns is mounted. Etymology: orig. a sloping bank behind a rampart f. F terre-plein f. It. terrapieno f. terrapienare fill with earth f. terra earth + pieno f. L plenus full

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Terreplein Terre"plein, n. (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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Terreplein Terre"plein`, n. [F., fr. L. terra earth + planus even, level, plain.] (Fort.) The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate.