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SCARP
escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment
(noun) a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
escarpment, scarp
(noun) a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scarp (plural scarps)
the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet
(geology) a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment
Verb
scarp (third-person singular simple present scarps, present participle scarping, simple past and past participle scarped)
(earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
Anagrams
• APCRs, Carps, RSPCA, carps, craps, parcs, pracs, scrap
Source: Wiktionary
Scarp, n. Etym: [OF. escharpe. See 2d Scarf.] (Her.)
Definition: A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
Scarp, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of Escarp.]
1. (Fort.)
Definition: The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
2. A steep descent or declivity.
Scarp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarping.]
Definition: To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. From scarped cliff and quarried stone. Tennyson. Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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