Esplanade

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A grass plat; a lawn.

II. Esplanade ·noun A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.

III. Esplanade ·noun Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; ·esp., a terrace by the seaside.

IV. Esplanade ·noun The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.

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