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escarp

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es⋅carp

  [i-skahrp]
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–noun
1. Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
2. any similar steep slope.
–verb (used with object)
3. to make into an escarp; give a steep slope to; furnish with escarps.
Origin:
1680–90; < F, MF escarpe < It scarpa < Gmc; see scarp1
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es·carp   (ĭ-skärp')   
n.  

  1. A steep slope or cliff; an escarpment.

  2. The inner wall of a ditch or trench dug around a fortification.

tr.v.   es·carped, es·carp·ing, es·carps

  1. To cause to form a steep slope.

  2. To furnish with an escarp.


[French escarpe, from Italian scarpa; see scarp.]
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