English Dictionary

glacis

/ˈɡleɪsɪs/

noun

(military) A gentle incline in front of a fortification. / (military) The angled armour plate on the front of a tank; glacis plate.

The soldiers dug trenches behind the glacis for added protection.

意味（1）

(military) A gentle incline in front of a fortification.

their hearts had failed them at the silence and the blaze of lighted ships from end to end of the harbour, with eerie beams of the searchlights revealing the bleakness of the glacis they would have to cross.

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

(geomorphology) An erosional or depositional landform, with little slope.

意味（4）

(postal service) A device for sorting mail which slides parcels across a sloped surface.