| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ter·re·plein |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t r  -pl n |
| NOUN: | A platform or level ground surface on which heavy guns are mounted. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French terreplein, from Italian terrapieno, from terrapienare, to fill with earth : terra, earth (from Latin; see ters- in Appendix I) + pieno, full (from Latin pl nus; see pel-1 in Appendix I).
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