Scarp

(n.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

(n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

(n.) A steep descent or declivity.

(v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.

校对:路易斯

• The boy had stepped beyond the solid ground; the heather now gave way, and down he rolled over the scarp of grey sand to the very foot of the man. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

录入:赖安