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Definition of Escarp
1. Noun. A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
Definition of Escarp
1. n. The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.
2. v. t. To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap.
Definition of Escarp
1. Verb. (transitive) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scarp. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Escarp
1. to cause to slope steeply [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Escarp
Literary usage of Escarp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Fortification: Field and Permanent. by Auguste Frédéric Lendy (1857)
"(18) The Ditch is comprised between two slopes; that next to the Parapet AB is
called the escarp; that towards the country CD, the Counterscarp; ..."
2. Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine (1870)
"The mines in the stone escarp and counterscarp walls have been constructed, ...
Four shafts were sunk in rear of the escarp wall of a projecting bastion, ..."
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