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escarp

[ ih-skahrp ]

noun

  1. Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
  2. any similar steep slope.


verb (used with object)

  1. to make into an escarp; give a steep slope to; furnish with escarps.

escarp

/ ɪˈskɑːp /

noun

  1. fortifications the inner side of the ditch separating besiegers and besieged Compare counterscarp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. a rare word for scarp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of escarp1

1680–90; < French, Middle French escarpe < Italian scarpa < Germanic; scarp
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Word History and Origins

Origin of escarp1

C17: from French escarpe; see scarp
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Example Sentences

Cest une vieille ville du moyen ge, ville de dfense et de refuge, pose sur un plateau escarp, do toute la valle se dcouvre.

The line of the escarp is called the magistral line since it regulates the trace.

By making the crest of the parapet quite independent of the escarp line he obtained great freedom of direction for his fire.

The ditch has escarp and counterscarp, and is defended by counterscarp galleries at the angles.

There is no escarp, the natural slope of the rampart being carried down to the bottom of the ditch.

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