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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: escarp (0.00951 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to escarp.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: escarp
escarp
n : a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification [syn:
escarpment,
scarp,
protective embankment]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Escarp
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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