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Meanings of protective embankment in anglès

portuguès
escarpa

A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.

escarpa
Sinònims
Examples for "escarpment"
Examples for "escarpment"
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Mpumalanga: Temperature: Fine and cool but cold in places along the escarpment.
The South African
2
Limpopo: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm.
The South African
3
Limpopo: Morning fog patches over the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm.
The South African
4
Way back to her left a shadow was rising above the escarpment.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
5
Limpopo: Morning fog over the southern escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and hot.
The South African
1
We have the police ready all along the scarp of the Berg.
Prester John
2
Elaine had followed to the scarp, where she watched till he disappeared.
As It Was in the Beginning
3
The fracture event exposed bare ice on the surface of the steep scarp.
Rock and Ice Magazine
4
A portion of the scarp was provided with palisades some ten feet high.
Elements of Military Art and Science / Or, Course Of Instruction...
5
Writer visits the world's largest pile of scarp tires in Stanislaus County, California.
The new yorker
1
The ladders were thrown down, but they were quickly again raised against the escarp.
Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria'...
2
The ladders were immediately seized by their comrades, who, after one or two vain attempts, succeeded in placing them against the escarp.
Forty-one years in India: from subaltern to commander-in-chief
3
The smooth and verdant escarp of the river-berg guided us, while the river itself was sometimes at hand and sometimes four miles off.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume...
4
It placed one ladder, by which the General descended into the ditch, and was, it is said, the first up the escarp of the work.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17
5
He discovered D'Hérouville leaning against a cannon, contemplating the escarps and bastions of the citadel.
The Grey Cloak
Usage of protective embankment in anglès
1
The Fu River in Jiangxi province burst through a protective embankment late yesterday, threatening the nearby city of Fuzhou.
The Irish Times
2
The Fu River in Jiangxi province burst through a protective embankment late on Monday, threatening the nearby city of Fuzhou.
Reuters
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Translations for protective embankment
portuguès
escarpa