declivitous

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Descending gradually; sloping; downhill.

   “Where the ground is declivitous, it is requisite that the hole should be deeper, in addition to which it should be artificially elevated on the edge of the lower side.”

2. sıfat At lower levels; lowly.

   “In France, Savoy, and the Southern Low Countries the structure of lordship was declivitous during the eleventh , twelfth , and thirteenth centuries; in other words, seigneurial rights and obligations were greater at lower levels of the hierarchy .”