| 单词 | escarp |
| 释义 | escarp (once / 145918 pages) n WORD FAMILY escarp: escarps USAGE EXAMPLESEscarp′ment, the precipitous side of any hill or rock: escarp. Various, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictio...(2012) Beyond the counterscarp wall some of the earth excavated from the ditch was piled up to increase the protection given to the escarp wall. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) The fire of the savages had no effect, the balls being buried in the earth of the escarp, or falling spent within the fort. Murfree, Mary Noailles, The Story of Old Fort Loudon(2010) n a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification Syn|Hyper escarpment, protective embankment, scarp fortification, munition defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it |
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