Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Escarping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Escarp \Es*carp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escarped}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Escarping}.] (Mil.)
To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a
scrap. --Carleton.
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