transitive. ‘To give (a wall) in building it, an inclination inwards.’ Jamieson.

To cut, form, or make, with a slope or slant.

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

transitive. To provide with a ramp, to build with ramps. Also with off. Chiefly in past participle.

transitive. To cut to a steep face, to slope; also to scarp away, down; = escarp, v.