1) Abrupt declivity 2) Base of a mesa 3) Cliff formed by erosion 4) Clifflike ridge 5) Cliffs 6) Cliffs produced by erosion 7) Cut into a steep slope 8) Escarpment 9) Incline 10) Line of cliffs 11) Long, steep ridge 12) Long, steep slope 13) Plateau cliff 14) Plateau slope 15) Protective embankment
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1) Escarp 2) Escarpment
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(fault) A cliff or steep slope formed by displacement of the ground surface.
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[fortification] This is a photo of a stamp from Sharjah, commemorating Apollo 15 flight with a little mistake in dates. ...
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to make steep
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• (v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. • (n.) A steep descent or declivity. • (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp. • (n.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
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(from the article `military technology`) ...was the sloping of the glacis, or forward face of the ramparts, in such a manner that it could be swept by cannon and harquebus fire from the ...
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(from the article `river`) ...the river flowed at a higher elevation than its present channel. A terrace consists of two distinct topographic components: (1) a tread, which is ... ...4,898 feet [1,493 metres]) in the south and declines northward beneath secondary sediments before rising to the smaller Oden Forest. For the most ... [2...
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Slope on inner side of ditch.
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Slope on inner side of ditch.
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An artificially steep slope, often as part of defences.
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slope on inner side of ditch
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The steep cliff face that is formed by a slump.
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Inner face of a ditch.
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Scarp noun [ Old French
escharpe . See 2d
Scarf .]
(Her.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
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Scarp transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Scarped ;
present participle & verbal noun Scarping .] To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to
scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. « From
scarped cliff an...
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A cliff produced by faulting or erosion.
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In heraldry a scarp is a band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad.
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a very steep bank or slope
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A line of cliffs produced erosion or by the action of faults.
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A line of cliffs produced by faulting or erosion; a relatively straight, clifflike face or slope of considerable linear extent, breaking the general continuity of the land by separating surfaces lying at different levels.
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A cliff or steep slope of some extent that may form a marked topographic boundary.
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See ESCARPMENT.
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slope on inner side of ditch
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An escarpment, cliff or steep slope along the margin of a plateau, mesa or terrace.
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