faussebraye

English

Alternative forms

• fausse-braye, faussebraie

Etymology

From French fausse-braie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊsbɹeɪ/

Noun

faussebraye (plural faussebrayes)

1. (military) A second rampart, exterior and parallel to the main rampart, and considerably below its level.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “faussebraye”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)