carps

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He discovered D'H�rouville leaning against a cannon, contemplating the escarps and bastions of the citadel.

From The Grey Cloak by Peirce, Thomas Mitchell

At Strassburg indirect fire against escarps was used.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

The fortresses that Wellington besieged in Spain had rudimentary outworks, and escarps that could be seen and breached from a distance.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

The stone excavated in sinking the deep ditches was used in raising the escarps; and as to the necessary labor, that was done by the army of slaves retained on the island by the Knights.

From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Masonry adjuncts, advantageous to all retaining walls, but especially to those which, like the escarps of fortresses, are liable to be battered.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir