SCARPING

Verb

scarping

present participle of scarp

Noun

scarping (plural scarpings)

A scarp (cliff caused by erosion).

Anagrams

• carpings, scraping

Source: Wiktionary


SCARP

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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