Definition of Esplenade
Es`pla*nade" (?), n. [F.
esplanade, Sp. esplanada, explanada, cf. It.
spianata; fr. Sp. explanar to level, L.
explanare to flatten or spread out. See Explain.]
1. (Fort.) (a) A clear
space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.
Campbell (Mil. Dict. ). (b) The glacis of
the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way
toward the country.
2. (Hort.) A grass plat; a lawn.
Simmonds.
3. Any clear, level space used for public
walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.
- The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.
- A grass plat; a lawn.
- Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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