skarpa.
escarpment (in fortifications)
Meaning & usage
escarpment (in fortifications)
buttress
scarp (steep wall of soil, formed naturally or artificially)
cliff; jagged shore
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-der. Proto-Germanic *skerpaną Proto-Germanic *skarpazder. Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*skarpa)der. Italian scarpabor. Polish skarpa Borrowed from Italian scarpa.
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