SCARPS
Noun
scarps
plural of scarp
Verb
scarps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scarp
Anagrams
• scraps
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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