escarpment
[ih-skahrp-muh nt]
noun
Geology. a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like, commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust.Compare scarp(def 1).
ground cut into an escarp around a fortification or defensive position.
Origin of escarpment
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At length they crossed the escarpment of the hill, and stood upon the summit.
The Young VoyageursMayne Reid
Silently he went on climbing the escarpment, digging into the rough rock.
The Judas ValleyGerald Vance
Probably the escarpment that extends from Austin to Eagle Pass.
Original Narratives of Early American HistoryVaca and Others
The Dunkirk shale loams are found upon the hill or escarpment.
The Grapes of New YorkU. P. Hedrick
The Downs escarpment was set with gigantic slow-moving wind-wheels.
When the Sleeper WakesHerbert George Wells
escarpment
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