escaped

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In this I was nevertheless mistaken; for although the valley was well escarped, it did not contain even the trace of a watercourse.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Mitchell, Thomas

Its course was almost due west, and the valley in which it flowed was deep and boldly escarped.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas

The houses were clustered near the foot of an escarped hill, where thinly-scattered pines relieved the glare of the naked limestone.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

On either side of the gorge rose abrupt stony hills thinly wooded, chiefly with stunted oak, or escarped craggy cliffs pierced with yawning caverns.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

These hills are sometimes escarped by the action of the water, and are then seen to consist of sand of various colours, in which very large logs of drift-timber are imbedded.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John