scarp

Definition

The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.

Etymology

Apheretic form of escarp. Doublet of escarp.

Example Sentences

• "2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Sweating under the sun, we scale the barren eastern scarp of the Great Rift Valley (Area B), edging carefully around controversial, razor-wired Israeli settlements (Area C)."
• "[...] as in the seventh, which is Argent a Scarp Azure."
• "He beareth Argent, a Scarp, Azure."