escarpment
pronunciation
How to pronounce escarpment in British English:
UK [ɪˈskɑ:pmənt]
How to pronounce escarpment in American English:
US [ɪˈskɑrpmənt]
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- Noun:
- a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
- a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
Word Origin
- escarpment (n.)
- 1802, from French escarpment, from escarper "make into a steep slope," from escarpe "slope," from Italian scarpa (see scarp). Earlier in same sense was escarp.
Example
- 1. Along this route one truly experiences the sheerness of the escarpment above .
- 2. A pair of noisy amur falcons nests in an oak on the escarpment .
- 3. Cities such as austin and san antonio are right on the edge of this escarpment .
- 4. We walk the same road , early morning , at the base of the escarpment .
- 5. Situated on the edge of the cotswolds escarpment , above the vale of berkeley and the river severn , it is a picturesque village .