pitching vs sloped

pitching

noun
  • The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone. 

  • The act of throwing or casting. 

  • A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents. 

sloped

adj
  • That has or have a slope. 

How often have the words pitching and sloped occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )