, in Fortification, the interior slope of the ditch of a place; that is, the slope of that side of a ditch which is next to the place, or on the outside of the rampart at its foot, facing the champaign or open country. The slope on the outer side of the ditch is called the counterscarp.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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