Écoute, n.
(ā-kōōt'), n. [Fr., a listening-place.] (Mil.) A gallery built in front of the glacis of a fortification, as a place of lodgment and shelter for troops stationed there in order to annoy and interrupt the miners of the enemy.
(ā-kōōt'), n. [Fr., a listening-place.] (Mil.) A gallery built in front of the glacis of a fortification, as a place of lodgment and shelter for troops stationed there in order to annoy and interrupt the miners of the enemy.