escarp

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

glooiing

helling

steilte

inclinatie

klim

spleetoog

Synoniemen

scarp

escarpment

protective embankment

drop

ascent

rake

slope

precipice

bank

🏦

decline

Vertalingen

scarpata

vessant

Hang

Abhang

Anstieg

Gefälle

baixada

Steigung

κλίση

κλιτύς

πρανές

πλαγιά

πρανές/κλιτύς

côte

pujada

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪˈskɑːp/

Etymologie (Engels)

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