noun Download 🔗Share The side of the ditch next to the parapet in a fortification; the scarp. Examples : "The soldiers carefully climbed the escarp, bracing themselves against the parapet above, to defend the fort. " architecture military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scarp. Examples : "To strengthen the hillside, the engineers escarped the land, creating a steep slope for the new road. " geology architecture environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading