Definition of "escarp" []

• A steep slope or cliff; an escarpment. (noun)
• The inner wall of a ditch or trench dug around a fortification. (noun)
• To cause to form a steep slope. (verb-transitive)
• To furnish with an escarp. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The extreme westerly escarp of these hills bore 17° E. of N., so that nothing was likely to impede the continued course of our friendly river in the direction we wished."
• "The second property belonging to the Lourens Trust has 3 km of sea frontage plus magnificent ocean vistas from a dune escarp inland."
• "He swerved to swim downriver, wanting to explore the section that brushed - the escarp - ment."