English Explanatory Dictionary

scarcement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.

Word forms

scarcement scarcements

Etymology

From scarce + -ment.

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