scarp
skorp
- n a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
- n a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
- The step would be logical, since the highway atop the dam was one of the best bridges across the river, and since the flood below would reinforce the river as a scarp against the .
- In 1925, one of his corps detected a smear of white plaster in a rock scarp near the Cheops Pyramid.