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terreplein

ter·rep·lein

UK/ˈtɛɹəpleɪn/ US/ˈtɛə(ɹ)pleɪn/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

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

Origin

Originally a borrowing of Italian terrapieno (“earth-fill(ed)”), later altered after the model of French terreplein (now terre-plein). Its former misspellings arose from confusion of the second element of the name with Italian piano or French plain, plane (“flat, level”) based on the appearance of the earth-filled central platforms of walls.

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