scarp
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scarp
- /skɑːp/ UK
- /skɑɹp/ US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)p
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Apheretic form of escarp. Doublet of escarp.
noun scarps
- The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet. —I would throw out the earth upon this hand towards the town for the scarp,—and on that hand towards the campaign for the counterscarp.—Very right, Trim, quoth my uncle Toby:—And when I had sloped them to your mind,——an’ please your Honour, I would face the glacis, as the finest fortifications are d
- A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment. 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Sweating under the sun, we scale the barren eastern scarp of the Great Rift Valley (Area B), edging carefu
- Obsolete spelling of scarpe, scrape. [...] as in the seventh, which is Argent a Scarp Azure.
verb scarps · scarping · scarped
- to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock
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noun artificial slope
| Français | escarpe |
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Talk about this word "scarp." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scarp. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. scarp. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/scarp "scarp." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/scarp.
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@misc{scarp_2026,
title = {scarp},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scarp},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
