escarpmentn.

/ɪˈskɑːpmənt/

Etymology: < French escarpement, < escarper : see escarp v.

The condition of being escarped; hence concrete.

1. Ground cut into the form of an escarp for the purpose of fortification.

ΘΚΠ

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

scarp1589

scarf1591

escarp1688

escarpment1802

scarpment1861

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Escarpment: see Declivity.

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred III. vi. i. 141 The living rock..formed the impregnable bulwarks and escarpments.

1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 82 The old Porto Batavo walls still surround the town, with moat and escarpments.

1882 Luck of Ladysmede I. 93 From which a natural escarpment swept down towards the river.

a. Geology. ‘The abrupt face or cliff of a ridge or hill range’ (Page). Also attributive.

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

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sliddera1793

snab1797

scarp1802

escarpment1815

shin1817

escarp1856

hag1868

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inface1896

fault-scarp1897

scarping1909

fault-line scarp1911

steephead1918

jump-up1927

1815 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) iv. 70 It is only on the sides of the nearly perpendicular peaks and escarpments that the bare rock is visible.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 193 The view..is generally bounded by the escarpment of another plain.

1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 23 Plains of New Red Sandstone and Lias, succeeded by two great escarpments, the edges of table-lands.

1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 216 The western, or Libyan chain, is merely the escarpment edge of the plateau of the Sahara.

b. transferred.

ΚΠ

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. viii. 56 A naked escarpment of ice, twelve hundred feet high,..protruding nearly half a mile into the sea.

1856 J. G. Whittier Panorama 2 [The] long escarpment of half-crumbled wall.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	escarpment
释义	escarpmentn. /ɪˈskɑːpmənt/ Etymology: < French escarpement, < escarper : see escarp v. The condition of being escarped; hence concrete. 1. Ground cut into the form of an escarp for the purpose of fortification. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > side of ditch nearest to parapet scarp1589 scarf1591 escarp1688 escarpment1802 scarpment1861 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Escarpment: see Declivity. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred III. vi. i. 141 The living rock..formed the impregnable bulwarks and escarpments. 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 82 The old Porto Batavo walls still surround the town, with moat and escarpments. 1882 Luck of Ladysmede I. 93 From which a natural escarpment swept down towards the river. 2. a. Geology. ‘The abrupt face or cliff of a ridge or hill range’ (Page). Also attributive. 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 1815 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) iv. 70 It is only on the sides of the nearly perpendicular peaks and escarpments that the bare rock is visible. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 193 The view..is generally bounded by the escarpment of another plain. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 23 Plains of New Red Sandstone and Lias, succeeded by two great escarpments, the edges of table-lands. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 216 The western, or Libyan chain, is merely the escarpment edge of the plateau of the Sahara. b. transferred. ΚΠ 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. viii. 56 A naked escarpment of ice, twelve hundred feet high,..protruding nearly half a mile into the sea. 1856 J. G. Whittier Panorama 2 [The] long escarpment of half-crumbled wall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1802
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