Escarping

Translation of "escarping" into Russian

Noun

escarping

escarpings pl

The soldiers took cover behind the escarp.

Солдаты укрылись за эскарпом.

The engineers reinforced the escarp to prevent landslides.

Инженеры укрепили откос, чтобы предотвратить оползни.

Verb

escarping Gerund

escarp

escarps

escarped Past Simple / Past Participle

escarping Gerund

The river has escarped the bank over the years.

Река обрывала берег на протяжении многих лет.

Additional translations

Noun

The action or process of cutting land, a ditch, or a slope into a steep defensive face; the act of forming an escarp.

The engineers devoted weeks to the escarping of the moat’s inner wall.

A steep slope or cliff produced by such cutting; an escarp.

Beyond the trench rose a sheer escarping that protected the fortress.

Verb

To form or shape into a steep slope or cliff.

The construction team escarped the hillside to prevent erosion.

To dig or fashion (a ditch or slope) with a steep inner face, especially as a military defence.

Medieval builders escarped the moat to make scaling the walls more difficult.

Pres. Participle

Forming or characterized by an escarp; creating a steep defensive slope.

The escarping walls of the bastion deterred any assault.