terreplein in English

noun
1
a level space where a battery of guns is mounted.
Guns usually stood on a flat terreplein , shooting over a wide earth parapet which was intended to absorb incoming fire, although they might also fire through splayed embrasures, or be housed in vaulted casemates on a lower storey.

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