Schanze.
entrenchment, redoubt
Meaning & usage
entrenchment, redoubt
ramp; jump (an installation, either temporary or permanent, that is driven over quickly (with skis, a bike etc.) so that the driver is propelled into the air)
Where this word comes from
Of uncertain origin. Attested since the 15th century. Several etymologies have been proposed. Pfeifer suggests the regional Franconian/Hessian term Schanze (“basket”) (itself of unknown origin) as the origin, arguing that entrenchments resemble baskets from the inside, being dug-out earth pits that have been reinforced from the inside with brushwood. He rejects a derivation from Italian scansi (noun), plural of scanso, claiming that such theories are based on an unverifiable meaning of “defense”/“resistance” of the Italian term. See also Dutch schans, Danish skanse, Swedish skans and English sconce.
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