t 1 e 1 r 1 r 1 e 1 p 3 l 1 e 1 i 1 n 1
10 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
originOriginally a borrowing of Italian terrapieno (“earth-fill(ed)”), later altered after the model of French terreplein (now terre-plein). Its former misspellings arose from confusion of the second element of the name with Italian piano or French plain, plane (“flat, level”) based on the appearance of the earth-filled central platforms of walls.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- pelerine 10
- repenter 10
- inepter 9
- penlite 9
- perlite 9
- preener 9
- preteen 9
- printer 9
- repiner 9
- replete 9
- replier 9
- reprint 9