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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

escarp

/ih-skahrp/US // ɪˈskɑrp //UK // (ɪˈskɑːp) //

蛇蝎美人,蛇蝎美人鱼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
    • : any similar steep slope.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make into an escarp; give a steep slope to; furnish with escarps.

Examples

  • Cest une vieille ville du moyen ge, ville de dfense et de refuge, pose sur un plateau escarp, do toute la valle se dcouvre.

  • The line of the escarp is called the magistral line since it regulates the trace.

  • By making the crest of the parapet quite independent of the escarp line he obtained great freedom of direction for his fire.

  • The ditch has escarp and counterscarp, and is defended by counterscarp galleries at the angles.

  • There is no escarp, the natural slope of the rampart being carried down to the bottom of the ditch.

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