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Relief (The)

In fortification, the general height to which the defensive masses of earth are raised. The directions in which the masses are laid out are called the tracings.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Relief (The)

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