"escarp" meaning in English

See escarp in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪˈskɑːp/ [UK], /ɪˈskɑɹp/ [US] Forms: escarps [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p Etymology: From French escarpe, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz. Doublet of scarp. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|escarpe}} French escarpe, {{der|en|gem-pro|*skarpaz}} Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, {{doublet|en|scarp}} Doublet of scarp Head templates: {{en-noun}} escarp (plural escarps)
  1. Obsolete spelling of scarp. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: scarp
    Sense id: en-escarp-en-noun-c3RksKgV Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51

Verb

IPA: /ɪˈskɑːp/ [UK], /ɪˈskɑɹp/ [US] Forms: escarps [present, singular, third-person], escarping [participle, present], escarped [participle, past], escarped [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p Etymology: From French escarpe, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz. Doublet of scarp. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|escarpe}} French escarpe, {{der|en|gem-pro|*skarpaz}} Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, {{doublet|en|scarp}} Doublet of scarp Head templates: {{en-verb}} escarp (third-person singular simple present escarps, present participle escarping, simple past and past participle escarped)
  1. (transitive) Obsolete spelling of scarp. Tags: alt-of, obsolete, transitive Alternative form of: scarp Derived forms: scarp
    Sense id: en-escarp-en-verb-c3RksKgV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51

Inflected forms

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