(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:28:33

Es*carp"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. escarpement.]

A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.

 

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