escarp

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

The side of the ditch next to the parapet in a fortification; the scarp.

Verb

To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scarp.

Concepts

côte

montée

pente

versant

Synonymes

scarp

escarpment

protective embankment

drop

ascent

rake

slope

precipice

bank

🏦

decline

Traductions

scarpata

vessant

Hang

Abhang

Anstieg

Gefälle

baixada

Steigung

κλίση

κλιτύς

πρανές

πλαγιά

πρανές/κλιτύς

declinazione

pujada

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪˈskɑːp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From French escarpe, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz. Doublet of sharp.