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

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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

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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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