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escarp

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Etymology

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From French escarpe, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz. Doublet of sharp.

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Noun

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escarp (plural escarps)

  1. Obsolete spelling of scarp.

Verb

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escarp (third-person singular simple present escarps, present participle escarping, simple past and past participle escarped)

  1. (transitive) Obsolete spelling of scarp.
    • 1728, Daniel Defoe, Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton:
      Our men, though quite expos'd, and though the Glacis was all escarp'd upon the live Rock, went on with an undaunted Courage

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