Thesaurus: scarp

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1. n. A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
2. n. The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
3. n. A steep descent or declivity.
4. v. t. To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
5. n. a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
6. n. a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
7. A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter. 1. (Fort.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp. 2. A steep descent or declivity. 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.
8. A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only halfas broad as the latter.
9. n:100 n a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion n a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification