That of Paris, which was influenced by political considerations, was a simple bastioned trace with rather long fronts and without ravelins or other outworks; the escarp was high and therefore exposed, and the counterscarp was not revetted.
The ditch has escarp and counterscarp, and is defended by counterscarp galleries at the angles.
The escarp is falling into disfavour, on account of the great expense of a revetment that can withstand breaching fire.
By making the crest of the parapet quite independent of the escarp line he obtained great freedom of direction for his fire.
The ditch has no escarp or counterscarp, and is flanked by counterscarp galleries at the salient.
Choumara pointed out that, while it was necessary for the escarp to be traced in straight lines with reference to the flanking arrangements, there was no such necessity as regards the parapets.
Another weak point about the attack was that after the escarp walls had been strengthened to resist artillery fire as has been described, there was no clear idea as to how they should be breached.
The escarp of the body of the place is a simple detached wall; that of the detached bastion is either a detached wall with piers and arches, or a counter-arched revetment.
It appears that they will be essential to destroy both the ditch-flanking arrangements of forts and the escarp or other permanent obstacle beyond the ditch.
Vauban showed how to breach the escarp with the least expenditure of ammunition.
The line of theescarp is called the magistral line since it regulates the trace.
A glance at any of the plans that have already been shown will show that hitherto the crests of parapets had always been traced parallel to the escarpor magistral line.
The escarp of Lunette 53 was successfully breached by this method.
The bastions were circular, and the ditch deep and narrow, the escarp and rampart being completely inaccessible at most parts without the use of scaling ladders.
San Sebastian is built on a peninsula, its western defences washed by the sea, and its eastern by the river Urumea, which at high water rises several feet above the base of the escarp wall.
Its principal use is to secure the escarp as long as possible.
Other means, however, are generally preferred in modern times, except when a rapid fall in the ground renders it difficult to cover the main escarp by ordinary resources.
Projecting portions of a rampart, so disposed that the bottom of the escarp of each part of the whole rampart may be defended from the parapet of some other part.
In fortification, a kind of counterguard or low rampart, intended to protect the lower part of the main escarp behind it from being breached, but considered in modern times to do more harm than good to the defence.
A precipitous steep; as either the escarp or counterscarp of a fort: but a bank or the face of a hill may also be scarped.
Fausse-braies consisting of palings are fixed in the ditch at ten feet from the base of the escarp, to hinder the fallen debris of the escarp from filling up the ditch, and to enable its passage to be defended.
The old bastions restored and enlarged, u v, were armed with cavaliers, and the escarp of these bastions was 6 ft.
Blindages can be set up on the traverses of the batteries, and can be easily repaired every night, as well as the escarp of tipped earth.
They have no ditches, but an escarp of ten feet in the lava.
The eastern front has an escarp fourteen feet high cut in the lava, and well flanked by the caponnière defending the entrances, mounting four guns.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "escarp" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
