scarp
noun
- the steep face of a hill; an escarpment
- the inner side of a ditch below the parapet of a fortification
- a low steep slope along a beach caused by wave erosion
verb
- to cut to a steep face, to slope; also to scarp away, down
verb
- (of land) to be torn up irregularly
noun
- (heraldry) a diminutive of the bend sinister, one-half its width, crossing the shield diagonally from the sinister chief to the dexter base
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /skɑːp/ / /skɑɹp/
noun
Etymology: Apheretic form of escarp. Doublet of escarp.
- The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
- A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.
“2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Sweating under the sun, we scale the barren eastern scarp of the Great Rift Valley (Area B), edging carefully around controversial, razor-wired Israeli settlements (Area C).”
- Obsolete spelling of scarpe, scrape.
“[...] as in the seventh, which is Argent a Scarp Azure.”
“He beareth Argent, a Scarp, Azure.”
verb
Etymology: Apheretic form of escarp. Doublet of escarp.
- to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
“to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock”
“From scarped cliff and quarried stone”