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What is a glacis?

What is a glacis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (military) A gentle incline in front of a fortification.
  2. (military) The angled armour plate on the front of a tank; glacis plate.
  3. (geomorphology) An erosional or depositional landform, with little slope.
  4. (postal service) A device for sorting mail which slides parcels across a sloped surface.
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Built in the glacis style, there is no berm but a continuous 11 m. slope from the ditch bottom to the bank top.
Elements of the earthworks which extend beyond the obvious perimeter of the fort include the glacis and the ravelin immediately outside the gate.
They crossed the street and went down the glacis of the cobblestoned wharf.
The moats and glacis which surrounded it are still visible to the south, where, covered with trees, they adjoin the gardens.
Abutting the glacis of the Acropolis at Athens is the great theatre of Dionysis.
The glacis plate and nose of the hull have been upgraded with the addition of passive armour and the turret has been fitted with stand-off armour.

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