Meaning & use
Escarp
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A steep slope or bank, especially one forming the inner wall of a ditch in a fortification.
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Engineers cut an escarp into the hillside to slow any advancing troops.
The old fort's escarp had eroded into a gentle grassy slope over the centuries.
A note on using this word
"Escarp" is closely related to "escarpment," the more common term for a long, steep slope separating two relatively level areas of land.
Words with a similar meaning
scarpcliff
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To form a steep slope or embankment, especially for defensive purposes.
Soldiers worked through the night to escarp the perimeter of the camp.
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