Bible Dictionaries
Escarp

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap.

(2):

(n.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; - same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Escarp'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/escarp.html. 1828.