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scarp.

The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/skɑːp/Received-Pronunciation/skɑɹp/General-American
  1. The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.

  2. A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.

  3. Obsolete spelling of scarpe, scrape.

    alt-of · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Apheretic form of escarp. Doublet of escarp.

verb/skɑːp/Received-Pronunciation/skɑɹp/General-American
  1. to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment

    transitive
    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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