Scarp
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /skɑːp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scarp is a noun meaning The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
Meaning
The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
More Meanings
- (geology) A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.
- (heraldry) Obsolete spelling of scarpe, scrape.
- (earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
Example Sentences
He beareth Argent, a Scarp, Azure.
From scarped cliff and quarried stone
to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock
[...] as in the seventh, which is Argent a Scarp Azure.
Word Forms
- scarps
- scarping
- scarped
Synonyms for scarp
Depending on context, synonyms include escarpment, escarp.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include escarp, escarpment, obsequent, excarpment, anti-scarp, scar.
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