Glacis Definition

glă-sē, glăsē, glāsĭs
glacises
noun
A gradual slope.
Webster's New World
A slope extending down from a fortification.
American Heritage
An embankment sloping gradually up to a fortification, so as to expose attackers to defending gunfire.
Webster's New World
A neutral area separating conflicting forces.
American Heritage

(military) The angled armour plate on the front of a tank; glacis plate.

Wiktionary
pronoun

An administrative district in Seychelles.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Glacis

Noun

Singular:
glacis
Plural:
glacises

Origin of Glacis

  • French from Old French from glacer to slide from glace ice from Vulgar Latin glacia from Latin glaciēs gel- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French glacis

    From Wiktionary

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