n. a level space where a battery of guns is mounted.
[ 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 ]
n. a level space where a battery of guns is mounted.
[ 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 ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012