escarp

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UK/ɪˈskɑːp/US/ɪˈskɑɹp/

A form of scarp — The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.

Similar
escarpmentscarpprotective embankment
OriginFrench escarpe ← Proto-Germanic *skarpaz →
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Meanings

nounescarp (plural escarps)

plural escarps

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of scarp.
verbescarp (third-person singular simple present escarps, present participle escarping, simple past and past participle escarped)

present singular third person escarps · participle present escarping · participle past escarped · past escarped

  1. obsoletetransitiveObsolete spelling of scarp.

    Our men, though quite expos'd, and though the Glacis was all escarp'd upon the live Rock, went on with an undaunted Courage

    1728, Daniel Defoe, Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna steep artificial slope in front of a fortification

Similar
escarpmentscarpprotective embankment
Broader
fortificationmunition
Also see
escarpmentscarp

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*skarpaz
  2. Frenchescarpe
  3. Englishescarp

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with escarp

sharpcarptarpparpscarpjarpZarp
All rhymes →

Anagrams

CasperspacerscrapeparsecCresapsecparscaper
Cite this entry
APA

escarp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escarp

MLA

“escarp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escarp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escarp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escarp.

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