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TERREPLEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does terreplein mean?
• TERREPLEIN (noun)
The noun TERREPLEIN has 1 sense:
1. level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
Familiarity information: TERREPLEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("terreplein" is a kind of...):
space (an area reserved for some particular purpose)
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