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English
Etymology
From French escarpe, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz. Doublet of sharp.
Pronunciation
Noun
escarp (plural escarps)
- Obsolete spelling of scarp..
Verb
escarp (third-person singular simple present escarps, present participle escarping, simple past and past participle escarped)
- (transitive) Obsolete spelling of scarp..
1728, Daniel Defoe, Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton:Our men, though quite expos'd, and though the Glacis was all escarp'd upon the live Rock, went on with an undaunted Courage
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Anagrams
- crapes, Casper, pacers, secpar, Pacers, recaps, scarpe, e-scrap, Cresap, spacer, Scaper, CASREP, scaper, parsec, scrape, capers, sparce