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scarp |
5 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: scarp n : a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification [syn: {escarpment}, {escarp}, {protective embankment}]
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