glacis (plural glacises or glacis)
(military) A gentle incline in front of a fortification.
(military) The angled armour plate on the front of a tank; glacis plate.
(geomorphology) An erosional or depositional landform, with little slope.
(postal service) A device for sorting mail which slides parcels across a sloped surface.
Glacis
An administrative district in Seychelles
Source: Wiktionary
Gla"cis, n. Etym: [F. glacis; -- so named from its smoothness. See Glacier.]
Definition: A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
