scarp.
The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
Meaning & usage
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.
Obsolete spelling of scarpe, scrape.
Where this word comes from
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
Where this word comes from
Apheretic form of escarp. Doublet of escarp.
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