Scarp

noun

/skɑːp/

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounThe steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet

2.nounA cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment

3.verb(earth science) 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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