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Meanings of escarpment in English

Portuguese
escarpa
Spanish
escarpe

A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.

        escarpa
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        Examples for "scarp"
        Examples for "scarp"
        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
        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
        Usage of escarpment in English
        1
        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
        6
        The view from the top of South Africa's highest escarpment is breathtaking.
        The South African
        7
        Drizzle and light rain is expected in places south of the escarpment.
        The South African
        8
        Severe thunderstorms are expected over the Highveld and escarpment areas of Mpumalanga.
        The South African
        9
        Morning fog patches are expected on the Highveld and along the escarpment.
        The South African
        10
        It will be cool in places along the escarpment and eastern Highveld.
        The South African
        11
        Rain and showers are expected across the escarpment in the Eastern Cape.
        The South African
        12
        It will become cloudy with fog along the escarpment in the evening.
        The South African
        13
        A free-for-all of pits and caves along the base of the escarpment.
        Dancer’s Lament
        14
        Only a few stunted trees remained between them and the rocky escarpment.
        Genellan: planetfall
        15
        You might see buzzards and ravens wheeling and tumbling above the escarpment.
        The Guardian
        16
        The escarpment consisted of a spine of hills and promontories and peaks.
        Ancient shores
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        Translations for escarpment
        Portuguese
        escarpa
        Spanish
        escarpe
        Escarpment through the time
        Escarpment across language varieties
        South Africa
        Common
        United States of America
        Rare
        United Kingdom
        Rare