What does scarp mean?
Scarp means The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet..
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/skɑːp/ · noun
The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet..
[...] as in the seventh, which is Argent a Scarp Azure.
He beareth Argent, a Scarp, Azure.
to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock
From scarped cliff and quarried stone
For thou, O Spring! canst renovate / All that high God did first create. / […] / Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain, / Cleanse the torrent at the fountain, […]
Use scarp when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scarp means The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet..
Common synonyms include escarpment, escarp, protective embankment.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[...] as in the seventh, which is Argent a Scarp Azure.
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