cuesta
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
Origin of cuesta
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How to use cuesta in a sentence
Accordingly the Marshal was able to surprise and defeat Blake, and then to turn and inflict a similar defeat on cuesta.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonBlake and cuesta were each defeated by an overwhelming combination of the different French armies.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonPrior to the loss of these 6000 men, cuesta's army had been 34,000 strong, with seventy guns.
Under Wellington's Command | G. A. Hentycuesta did not in fact signify, though it required coolness as well as ability to discern it at such a moment.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) GeorgeIt is no wonder that after his experience of cuesta, Wellington steadily refused to combine operations with any Spanish general.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
British Dictionary definitions for cuesta
/ (ˈkwɛstə) /
a long low ridge with a steep scarp slope and a gentle back slope, formed by the differential erosion of strata of differing hardness
Origin of cuesta
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Scientific definitions for cuesta
[ kwĕs′tə ]
A ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a cliff or escarpment on the other. The gentler slope is formed by the differential erosion of underlying rock, and the cliff consists of an outcrop of harder, more resistant rock.
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