A covered or protected position, usually a lowered earthen parapet on the counterscarp of an outer glacis.
A depression, road or path in the outer edge of a fort’s moat or ditch, generally protected from enemy fire by a parapet, at the foot of which might be a banquette enabling the coverage of the glacis with musketry.
Passage along the outer edge of a ditch, protected by a rampart forming the glacis; it is usually some 10 metres wide.
a path on the attackers side of the ditch sunk below the glacis and usually afforded protection by a parapet. Troops on the covered way were in effect, the first line of defence. Place of arms were spaces on the covered way, usually within a salient, where troops could muster.
The Covert or close way, left above the ditch next to the open field.
A kind of road which runs around the ditch and is protected by a small parapet created by the glacis. It was used to move light artillery and troops around the fort.
a road around a fortification between the ditch and the glacis. It was protected from enemy fire by a parapet, at the foot of which was generally a banquette enabling the coverage of the glacis with musketry. In addition to its function as an outer line of defense, it served as a place for sorties to assemble.