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Escarpment

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Escarpment'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/escarpment.html. 1828.