Walled side of a ditch

• Steep slope around a rampart
• Wall of a moat
• Steep artificial slope
• Inclination
• A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
• Inner wall of a trench
• Fort's steep slope
• Part of a rampart
• Steep embankment

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n. a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification [syn: escarpment , scarp , protective embankment ]