The phrase "a terse description of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to provide a brief and concise explanation or summary of a subject or topic.
Example: "The report includes a terse description of the project's objectives and expected outcomes."
Alternatives: "a brief overview of" or "a concise summary of".
I'll spare you the ample tales of their cruelty and give this one terse description of their archery prowess: "From fifty yards a warrior could reliably hit an object the size of a doorknob four out of five times".
His only book, Tropic Death (1926), a collection of short stories set against a lush Caribbean backdrop, juxtaposes impressionistic images of natural beauty with terse descriptions of misery and death in such stories as "The Yellow One", "The Palm Porch", and "Subjection".
Andropov then fuelled the already evident anger of the other members with terse descriptions of Solzhenitsyn's "impudence" — his meetings with foreign correspondents, his brazen flouting of Party control over literature and over publication abroad.
An inability to read the non-verbal signs, and to translate an often terse description from the young person into a coherent picture of their internal emotional state, left many GPs either relying on the accompanying parent or closing down the consultation.
But in 1982 his terse description sparked the interest of a British air-force officer and long-distance runner called John Foden, who wondered if it really was possible to run from Athens to Sparta and arrive the next day.
FORM & FUNCTION When Alessi first marketed a tea kettle designed by Michael Graves, it was written off by a New Yorker writer a decade or so ago with the terse description: It costs $150, and it boils water.
Under the circumstances, Beckett's words sounded less like an existentialist cri de coeur than like a terse topographic description.
"[The] terse description in Apple's announcement yesterday had some of the internet's top crypto experts wondering aloud about the exact nature of the bug.
Mr. Iyer was repeating a terse hint of a bass line as Mr. Glasper arrived.
After a terse exchange of letters with the parliamentarian, Mr. Coburn is still fuming.
