Inflected forms: pl. glacis 1a. A gentle slope; an incline. b. A slope extending down from a fortification. 2. A neutral area separating conflicting forces.
ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French, from glacer, to slide, from glace, ice, from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glacis. See gel- in Appendix I.
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