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Definition of Glacis
1. n. A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).
Definition of Glacis
1. Noun. (military) A gentle incline in front of a fortification. ¹
2. Noun. (military) The angled armour plate on the front of a tank; glacis plate. ¹
3. Noun. (context: postal service) A device for sorting mail which slides parcels across a sloped surface. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glacis
1. a slope [n -CISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glacis
Literary usage of Glacis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"26 shows this arrangement, //</', being t|io first or ordinary glacis, and y-y3
the second or advanced glacis. The slope of these glacis should not be such ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"7, ghi, is the glacis, formed during the excavation of the ditch, ... An advanced
glacis, t in fig. 7, is sometimes adopted, in order that the enemy may the ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"An advanced glacis, k in fig. 7, is sometimes adopted, in order that the enemy
... No part of any glacis, whether near or advanced, should be more than two ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"Its object is to strengthen the covered war and sweep with its fire the enemy's
establishments on the glacis of the demilune. Sometime* a redoubt is placed ..."
5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Learoyd was lying at full length on the turf of the glacis, kicking his heels in
the air, and I came round the corner and asked for Mul- vaney. ..."
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