escarper
French → English
verb//ɛs.kaʁ.pe//
(geology) To escarp: to cut land vertically to create a steep, cliff-like slope
Les vagues finissent par escarper la falaise au fil des siècles.
(English) The waves eventually cut the cliff into a steep face over the centuries.
Les ingénieurs ont dû escarper la montagne pour construire la route.
(English) The engineers had to cut away the mountain side to build the road.
Entry ID: fr:en:escarper · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary