escarpment 音标拼音: [ɛsk'ɑrpmənt]
n . 悬崖,断崖,绝壁
悬崖,断崖,绝壁
escarpment n 1 :
a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge ;
usually formed by erosion [
synonym : {
escarpment },
{
scarp }]
2 :
a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification [
synonym :
{
escarpment }, {
escarp }, {
scarp }, {
protective embankment }]
Escarpment \
Es *
carp "
ment \,
n . [
Cf .
F .
escarpement .]
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 }.
[
1913 Webster ]
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "
escarpment ":
abatis ,
advanced work ,
balistraria ,
bank ,
banquette ,
barbed -
wire entanglement ,
barbican ,
barricade ,
barrier ,
bartizan ,
bastion ,
battlement ,
bluff ,
breastwork ,
bulwark ,
casemate ,
cheval -
de -
frise ,
circumvallation ,
cliff ,
contravallation ,
counterscarp ,
crag ,
curtain ,
demibastion ,
dike ,
drawbridge ,
earthwork ,
enclosure ,
entanglement ,
escarp ,
face ,
fence ,
fieldwork ,
fortalice ,
fortification ,
glacis ,
loophole ,
lunette ,
machicolation ,
mantelet ,
merlon ,
mound ,
outwork ,
palisade ,
palisades ,
parados ,
parapet ,
portcullis ,
postern gate ,
precipice ,
rampart ,
ravelin ,
redan ,
redoubt ,
sally port ,
scar ,
scarp ,
sconce ,
steep ,
stockade ,
tenaille ,
vallation ,
vallum ,
wall ,
work
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