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Webster 1913 Edition


Scarp

Scarp

,
Noun.
[OF.
escharpe
. See 2d
Scarf
.]
(Her.)
A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

Scarp

,
Noun.
[Aphetic form of
Escarp
.]
1.
(Fort.)
The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
2.
A steep descent or declivity.

Scarp

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scarped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Scarping
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scarp

SC'ARP

, n.
In fortification, the interior talus or slope of the ditch next the place, at the foot of the rampart.

SC'ARP

,
Noun.
In heraldry, the scarf which military commanders wear for ornament; borne somewhat like a battoon sinister, but broader, and continued to the edges of the field.

Definition 2024


scarp

scarp

English

Noun

scarp (plural scarps)

  1. the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet
  2. (geology) a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion; the steeper side of an escarpment
    • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
      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).

Verb

scarp (third-person singular simple present scarps, present participle scarping, simple past and past participle scarped)

  1. (earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
    to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock
    • Tennyson
      From scarped cliff and quarried stone
    • Emerson
      Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain

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