Escarp

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1. Noun

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

2. Verb

To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap.

3. Noun

a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
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