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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Escarpment

/ĕs-kär'-pmənt/ · Es·carp·ment · IPA /ɪˈskɑɹp.mənt/
01 n. A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile …
  1. 1.
    A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp. See: Scarp