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- noun military A second
rampart ,exterior andparallel to the main rampart, and considerably below its level.
Etymologies
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French fausse-braie.
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The whole of the land front was covered by a faussebraye of varying thickness, ranging from 16 to 30 feet, and having a vertical scarp wall 8 feet high; exterior to this was a dry ditch about 25 feet in width.
Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts
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