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escarp

[ ih-skahrp ]
/ ɪˈskɑrp /
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noun
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
any similar steep slope.
verb (used with object)
to make into an escarp; give a steep slope to; furnish with escarps.
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Origin of escarp

1680–90; <French, Middle French escarpe<Italian scarpa<Germanic; see scarp
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British Dictionary definitions for escarp

escarp
/ (ɪˈskɑːp) /

noun
fortifications the inner side of the ditch separating besiegers and besiegedCompare counterscarp
verb
a rare word for scarp (def. 3)

Word Origin for escarp

C17: from French escarpe; see scarp
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