Escarpment (noun)
es-karp-ment
A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.
Early 19th century from French escarpement, escarpe ‘scarp’, from Italian scarpa ‘slope’. Compare with scarp.
Example sentences
“The surrounded escarpments made the place feel like an amphitheatre.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
