escarpment

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.

Translations

 * Estonian: järsakkaljusein, eskarp
 * Finnish:, kallioseinämä
 * French:
 * Galician: escarpa
 * German:, ,
 * Irish: scairp
 * Macedonian: косина
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Welsh: tarren, sgarp