ESCARPMENT

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.

2.
n.

A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.


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