escarpn.

/ɪˈskɑːp/

Etymology: < French escarpe, < Italian scarpa . Compare scarp n.²

Fortification.

1. ‘A steep bank or wall immediately in front of and below the rampart..generally the inner side of the ditch’ (Adm. Smyth).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > side of ditch nearest to parapet

scarp1589

scarf1591

escarp1688

escarpment1802

scarpment1861

1688 J. S. Fortification 27 The Escarpe or Slope of the Ditch next to the wall.

1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VIII. 12 The enemy had cleared the rubbish from the bottom of the escarp.

1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges vii. 203 The crest of the exterior slope, or escarp.

2. transferred. A natural formation of a similar kind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun]

cliffOE

cleoa1300

cleevec1300

rochec1300

clougha1400

heugha1400

brackc1530

clift1567

perpendicular1604

precipice1607

precipe1615

precipit1623

abrupt1624

scar1673

bluff1687

rock wall1755

krantz1785

linn1799

scarp1802

scaur1805

escarpment1815

rock face1820

escarp1856

hag1868

glint1906

scarping1909

stone-cliff1912

ledra1942

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > steep

cliffOE

cleevec1300

hangingc1400

braea1500

steep1555

steepness1585

proclivity1645

upright1712

sliddera1793

snab1797

scarp1802

escarpment1815

shin1817

escarp1856

hag1868

jump-off1873

inface1896

fault-scarp1897

scarping1909

fault-line scarp1911

steephead1918

jump-up1927

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. vii. 81 These shelves..presented distinct and recognisable embankments or escarps of elevation.

1868 R. Napier Disp. on Capture of Magdala 12 May Sir Charles Staveley effected an entrance..through a difficult crevice in the rocky escarps.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

escarpv.

/ɪˈskɑːp/

Etymology: < French escarper, < escarpe : see escarp n. The aphetic form scarp v.¹ is the more usual.

transitive. To make into an escarp, to cut or form into a steep slope; to furnish with scarps.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > place in a sloping position > make with a slope

battera1398

slope1715

escarp1728

ramp1766

scarp1803

1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 100 The Glacis was all escarp'd upon the live Rock.

1852 C. J. Lever Daltons II. 265 Carried along the mountain-side by a track escarped in the rock itself.

1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 69 The angels wrought the mountains, bulk by bulk, And chain by chain, serrated or escarped.

1884 World 27 Feb. 6/2 Billows of land, washed and escarped by ancient seas.

Derivatives

eˈscarped adj. cut out in the form of an escarp.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > steep (except of hills, etc.)

staira1175

slidingc1325

steepa1400–50

side?a1475

right-up1511

steep-down1530

steepwise1542

headlonga1557

steep-up?a1560

pitch hill1560

pendent1587

high-pitched1596

steeped1596

perpendicular1598

steepy1735

declivitous1799

steepish1814

escarped1853

steep-cut1888

swooping1956

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. vi. 48 The dike cut cleanly..rising up from its long, conoidal slopes of detritus into escarped terraces nearly 1400 feet high.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany v. 47 The escarped rock upon which they were constructed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	escarp
释义	escarpn. /ɪˈskɑːp/ Etymology: < French escarpe, < Italian scarpa . Compare scarp n.² Fortification. 1. ‘A steep bank or wall immediately in front of and below the rampart..generally the inner side of the ditch’ (Adm. Smyth). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > side of ditch nearest to parapet scarp1589 scarf1591 escarp1688 escarpment1802 scarpment1861 1688 J. S. Fortification 27 The Escarpe or Slope of the Ditch next to the wall. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VIII. 12 The enemy had cleared the rubbish from the bottom of the escarp. 1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges vii. 203 The crest of the exterior slope, or escarp. 2. transferred. A natural formation of a similar kind. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun] cliffOE cleoa1300 cleevec1300 rochec1300 clougha1400 heugha1400 brackc1530 clift1567 perpendicular1604 precipice1607 precipe1615 precipit1623 abrupt1624 scar1673 bluff1687 rock wall1755 krantz1785 linn1799 scarp1802 scaur1805 escarpment1815 rock face1820 escarp1856 hag1868 glint1906 scarping1909 stone-cliff1912 ledra1942 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > steep cliffOE cleevec1300 hangingc1400 braea1500 steep1555 steepness1585 proclivity1645 upright1712 sliddera1793 snab1797 scarp1802 escarpment1815 shin1817 escarp1856 hag1868 jump-off1873 inface1896 fault-scarp1897 scarping1909 fault-line scarp1911 steephead1918 jump-up1927 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. vii. 81 These shelves..presented distinct and recognisable embankments or escarps of elevation. 1868 R. Napier Disp. on Capture of Magdala 12 May Sir Charles Staveley effected an entrance..through a difficult crevice in the rocky escarps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). escarpv. /ɪˈskɑːp/ Etymology: < French escarper, < escarpe : see escarp n. The aphetic form scarp v.¹ is the more usual. transitive. To make into an escarp, to cut or form into a steep slope; to furnish with scarps. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > place in a sloping position > make with a slope battera1398 slope1715 escarp1728 ramp1766 scarp1803 1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 100 The Glacis was all escarp'd upon the live Rock. 1852 C. J. Lever Daltons II. 265 Carried along the mountain-side by a track escarped in the rock itself. 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 69 The angels wrought the mountains, bulk by bulk, And chain by chain, serrated or escarped. 1884 World 27 Feb. 6/2 Billows of land, washed and escarped by ancient seas. Derivatives eˈscarped adj. cut out in the form of an escarp. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > steep (except of hills, etc.) staira1175 slidingc1325 steepa1400–50 side?a1475 right-up1511 steep-down1530 steepwise1542 headlonga1557 steep-up?a1560 pitch hill1560 pendent1587 high-pitched1596 steeped1596 perpendicular1598 steepy1735 declivitous1799 steepish1814 escarped1853 steep-cut1888 swooping1956 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. vi. 48 The dike cut cleanly..rising up from its long, conoidal slopes of detritus into escarped terraces nearly 1400 feet high. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany v. 47 The escarped rock upon which they were constructed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1688v.1728
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