The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.
In military architecture, the outer wall of a ditch.
Vertical face of a ditch around a fort on the outer side.
the exterior wall of a ditch, ie the side nearest the attackers.
outer sloping wall of the ditch or the area between the parapet and the glacis.
The vertical or nearly vertical side of the ditch nearest the besiegers and opposite the scarp. It is generally faced or revetted in permanent works to inhibit the descent into the ditch.
the exterior side of the ditch—the side of the ditch away from the body of the place.
A scarp and a counterscarp are the inner and outer sides of a ditch used in fortifications. In permanent fortifications the scarp and counterscarp may be encased in stone. In less permanent fortifications, the counterscarp may be lined with paling fence set at an angle so as to give no cover to the attackers to make advancing and retreating more difficult.