Associations to the word «Counterscarp» - Word Associations Network

Noun

Ditch
Moat
Ref
Bastion
Batterie
Shower
Grid
Fortification
Firing
Garrison
Trap
Fort
Provision
Kitchen
Combat
Battery
Exception
Angle
Gun
Gallery
Shot
Wall
Location
Defence
Platform
Bank
Fire
Side
Garden
End
Position

Adjective

Wartime
Belgian
Daily
Defensive
Protected
Outer
Covered
Little
East
North

Verb

Defend
Resemble
Locate
Build
Make
Reach

Adverb

Needs

Wiktionary

COUNTERSCARP, noun. The outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.

William Butler Yeats