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English
Etymology
From counter- + slope.
Noun
counterslope (plural counterslopes)
- An overhanging slope.
a wall with a counterslope
1867, Dennis Hart Mahan, An Elementary Course of Military Engineering, volume 1, John Wiley & Son, page 206:Embrasures of howitzers and guns firing under great angles of elevation may receive a counterslope, giving the sole nearly the same inclination, from the sill upwards, as the least angle of elevation under which it may be required to aim the piece
Verb
counterslope (third-person singular simple present counterslopes, present participle countersloping, simple past and past participle countersloped)
- (intransitive) To slope on the opposite side or direction.
References
- Online Oxford English Dictionary
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