English Explanatory Dictionary

scarp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
  2. A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.
  3. Obsolete spelling of scarpe, scrape.
verb
  1. to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment

Pronunciation

/skɑːp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scarp.wav /skɑɹp/

Word forms

scarp scarps scarping scarped

Etymology

Apheretic form of escarp. Doublet of escarp.

Derived words

anti-scarp backscarp counterscarp fault scarp scarpland scarplet
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