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

verb

1. a rare word for scarp

Word History and Origins

Origin of escarp¹

1680–90; < French, Middle French escarpe < Italian scarpa < Germanic; scarp

Word History and Origins

Origin of escarp¹

C17: from French escarpe; see scarp

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.

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

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

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

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

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