scarp

/skɑːp/ · noun

Meaning

The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet
A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment
(earth science) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment

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Related words

escarp(English)escarpment(English)protective embankment(English)obsequent(English)scarpment(English)excarpment(English)anti-scarp(English)scarplet(English)laterite(English)jarrah(English)insolation(English)gooseberry(English)

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