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es•carp
(i skärp′),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
- [Fort.]the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart. See diag. under bastion.
- any similar steep slope.
v.t.
- to make into an escarp;
give a steep slope to;
furnish with escarps.
- Gmc; see scarp1
- Italian scarpa
- French, Middle French escarpe
- 1680–90
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