Part of a rampart

• Steep slope around a rampart
• Inner wall of a trench
• A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
• Steep embankment
• Protective embankment
• Fort's steep slope
• Steep artificial slope
• Steep descent
• Steep slope in front of a fortification

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"steep slope," especially as part of a fortification, 1680s, from French escarpe (16c.), from Italian scarpa (see scarp ).