English Explanatory Dictionary

rasante

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. 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

Pronunciation

/ɹəˈzɑnt/

Word forms

rasante more rasante most rasante

Etymology

From French rasant, present participle of raser (“to graze”).

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