Escarp
Escarp , noun
[French escarpe (compare Sp. escarpa, Italian scarpa), from escarper to cut steep, cut to a slope, prob. of German origin: compare German scharf sharp,, English sharp, or perh. scrape.]
(Fortification) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.
Escarp , transitive verb
(Military) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap. — Carleton