escarp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: escarp	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for escarp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
escarp n a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification [syn: escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Escarp \Es*carp"\, n. [F. escarpe (cf. Sp. escarpa, It. scarpa), fr. escarper to cut steep, cut to a slope, prob. of German origin: cf. G. scharf sharp,, E. sharp, or perh. scrape.] (Fort.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as {scarp}, and opposed to {counterscarp}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Escarp \Es*carp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escarped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escarping}.] (Mil.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap. --Carleton.