counterslope

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noun

An overhanging slope.

“a wall with a counterslope”

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Meanings

nouncounterslope (plural counterslopes)

plural counterslopes

  1. An overhanging slope.

    a wall with a counterslope

    1 more example

    Embrasures of howitzers and guns firing under great angles of elevation may receive a counterslope, giving the sole nearly the same inclination, from the sill upwards, as the least angle of elevation under which it may be required to aim the piece

    1867, Dennis Hart Mahan, An Elementary Course of Military Engineering, volume 1, John Wiley & Son, page 206
verbcounterslope (third-person singular simple present counterslopes, present participle countersloping, simple past and past participle countersloped)

present singular third person counterslopes · participle present countersloping · participle past countersloped · past countersloped

  1. intransitiveTo slope on the opposite side or direction.

Origin

From counter- + slope.

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APA

counterslope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterslope

MLA

“counterslope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterslope. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterslope,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterslope.

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