ESCARP


Meaning of ESCARP in English

/i skahrp"/ , n.

1. Fort. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart. See diag. under bastion .

2. any similar steep slope.

v.t.

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

[ 1680-90; escarpe scarpa 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .