escarp
English
Etymology
From French escarpe, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz. Doublet of scarp.
Pronunciation
Noun
escarp (plural escarps)
- Obsolete spelling of scarp.
Verb
escarp (third-person singular simple present escarps, present participle escarping, simple past and past participle escarped)
- (transitive) Obsolete spelling of scarp.
- 1728, Daniel Defoe, Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton:
- Our men, though quite expos'd, and though the Glacis was all escarp'd upon the live Rock, went on with an undaunted Courage
Derived terms
References
- “escarp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.