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- French · derived fromrasant
- English todayrasante
From French rasant, present participle of raser (“to graze”).
Words from the same roots
Frenchrasant all →
rasant
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rasante
Today it means: Sweeping; grazing; applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, so that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them Full definition →
French rasant