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Noun Concept
Categories: Vehicle armour, Articles with short description, Fortification (architectural elements), Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference
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glacis  glacis armor  Glacis armour  glacis plate
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A glacis in military engineering is an artificial slope as part of a medieval castle or in early modern fortresses. Wikipedia
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A glacis in military engineering is an artificial slope as part of a medieval castle or in early modern fortresses. Wikipedia
Protective slope built into a fortification Wikidata
The angled armour plate on the front of a tank; glacis plate. Wiktionary
Angled armour plate. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
open space reserve
architectural element
PART OF
fortification
HAS INSTANCE
Glacis, Vienna
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
Glacis
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
escarpa
Wikipedia
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Wikidata
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Wiktionary
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Wikipedia Redirections
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glacis armor, Glacis armour, glacis plate

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