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escarpment

N สันเขา หรือ หน้าผา สูงชัน ที่เกิด จาก การ ผุกร่อน หรือ การ แยกตัว ของ เปลือกโลก  bluff cliff scarp san-kao-rue-na-pa-sung-chan-ti-koed-jak-kan-pu-kron-rue-kan-yaek-tua-kong-plueak-lok

 

escarpment

N เนิน ลาดชัน ที่ ทำ ขึ้น ไว้หน้า ป้อมปราการ  noen-lad-chan-ti-tam-kuen-wai-na-pom-pra-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ESCARPMENT

n.A slope; a steep descent or declivity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ESCARPMENT

Es *carp "ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. escarpement. ]

 

Defn: A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

escarpment

es carp ment |iˈskärpmənt əˈskɑrpmənt | noun a long, steep slope, esp. one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French escarpement, escarpe scarp, from Italian scarpa slope. Compare with scarp .

 

Oxford Dictionary

escarpment

escarpment |ɪˈskɑːpm (ə )nt, ɛ- | noun a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French escarpement, escarpe scarp , from Italian scarpa slope . Compare with scarp .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

escarpment

es carp ment /ɪskɑ́ː r pmənt /名詞 C 1 層崖 そうがい 〘断層による急斜面 〙.2 外堀 (の )内岸の急斜面 .