Associations to the word «Escarp»

Wiktionary

ESCARP, noun. The side of the ditch next to the parapet in a fortification; the scarp.
ESCARP, verb. (transitive) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scarp.

Dictionary definition

ESCARP, noun. A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King