COUNTERSCARP
, is that side of the ditch that is next the country; or properly the talus that supports the earth of the covert-way: though by this word is often understood the whole covert-way, with | its parapet and glacis. And so it must be understood when it is said, The enemy lodged themselves on the counterscarp.
Counter- swallows-tail, is an outwork in Fortification, in form of a single tenaille, wider towards the place, or at the gorge, than at the head, or next the country.
Counter-tenor, one of the mean or middle parts of music: so called, as being opposite to the tenor.
