FAUSSE-BRAYE, in fortification, an elevation of earth, about three feet above the level ground, round the foot of the rampart on the outside, defended by a parapet about four or five fathoms distant from the upper parapet, which parts it from the berme and the edge of the ditch. The fausse-braye is the same with what is otherwise called Chemin des rondes, and Basse enceinte; and its use is for the defence of the ditch.