noun
escarpment
Escarpment (noun) means 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.
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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.
"The railway winds down the face of the escarpment on a steady grade of 1.05 per cent, which is considerably better than the old route, up which trains took 2 hr. to struggle 15 miles, with two stops."
— Timothy H. Cobb, The Kenya-Uganda Railway (1950)
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Etymology
Borrowed from French escarpement. By surface analysis, it is escarp + -ment.
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What is the meaning of escarpment?
"escarpment" (noun) means 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.
What is another word for escarpment?
Other words for "escarpment" include escarp, scarp.
