In fortification, that steep bank or wall immediately in front of and below the rampart, which is thus secured against being directly stormed by a superior force; it is generally the inner side of the ditch.
·vt To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap. II. Escarp ·noun The side o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An escarp wall, originally invented by Carnot, and revived by the Prussians, removed some distance t...
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