Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scarp"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scarp \Scarp\, n. [OF. escharpe. See 2d {Scarf}.] (Her.)
A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only
half as broad as the latter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scarp \Scarp\, n. [Aphetic form of {Escarp}.]
1. (Fort.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the
escarp.
2. A steep descent or declivity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scarp \Scarp\, v. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Escarp \Es*carp"\, n. [F. escarpe (cf. Sp. escarpa, It. scarpa),
fr. escarper to cut steep, cut to a slope, prob. of German
origin: cf. G. scharf sharp,, E. sharp, or perh. scrape.]
(Fort.)
The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as {scarp},
and opposed to {counterscarp}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scarp
n 1: a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or
ridge; usually formed by erosion [syn: {escarpment}]
2: a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification [syn: {escarpment},
{escarp}, {protective embankment}]
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