escarp
/ɪˈskɑːp
/noun archaic
A steep bank or slope, especially that of a ditch in a fortification: the reconstruction of escarps at the fortress of Gibraltar...
- The material of which the escarp is built is principally chalk.
- Its escarp should be reveted with brick or stone, in order that the enemy may be compelled to form a breach in it by artillery.
- The enemy had cleared the rubbish from the bottom of the escarp.
Origin
Late 17th century: from French escarpe, from Italian scarpa 'slope'. Compare with scarp.