• Escarp

    Origin

    French escarpe.

    Full definition of escarp

    Noun

    escarp

    (plural escarps)
    1. The side of the ditch next to the parapet in a fortification; the scarp.

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scarp.
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