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.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
