Escarp

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A steep slope or cliff; an escarpment.
  • n. The inner wall of a ditch or trench dug around a fortification.
  • v. To cause to form a steep slope.
  • v. To furnish with an escarp.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scarp.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.
  • v. To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In fortification, to slope; give a slope to.
  • n. In fortification, that side of a ditch surrounding a rampart which is nearest to the rampart: the opposite of counterscarp.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
    • Antonym
    counterscarp   
    Verb Form
    escarped    escarping    escarps   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fortification    munition   
    Variant
    scarp   
    Form
    escarped    escarping   
     
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