Medieval Glossary

Banquette Slope

A slope of earth or timber placed in the rear of the banquette when the top cannot be reached by an ordinary step.

Related term(s): Banquette; Parapet
Category: Castles and Fortifications
Added: 08.08.05
Source information: Wilhelm, Thomas. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer. Philadelphia: L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1881. 44.

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