scarp Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
    escarpment.
  2. noun a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
    escarpment; escarp; protective embankment.

WordNet

Scarp noun
Etymology
OF. escharpe. See 2d Scarf.
Definitions
  1. (Her.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
Scarp noun
Etymology
Aphetic form of Escarp.
Definitions
  1. (Fort.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
  2. A steep descent or declivity.
Scarp transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Scarped ; present participle & verbal noun Scarping
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913