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rasante.

Sweeping; grazing; applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, so that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them

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adj/ɹəˈzɑnt/
  1. Sweeping; grazing; applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, so that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them

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Where this word comes from

From French rasant, present participle of raser (“to graze”).

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