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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.

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