escarp Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
    escarpment; scarp; protective embankment.

WordNet

Es*carp" noun
Etymology
F. escarpe (cf. Sp. escarpa, It. scarpa), fr. escarper to cut steep, cut to a slope, prob. of German origin: cf. G. scharf sharp,, E. sharp, or perh. scrape.
Definitions
  1. (Fort.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.
Es*carp" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Escarped ; present participle & verbal noun Escarping
Definitions
  1. (Mil.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap. Carleton.

Webster 1913