scarp

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Aphetic form of escarp. Doublet of sharp.

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Noun[edit]

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scarp (plural scarps)

  1. The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
  2. (geology) A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.
    • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
      Sweating under the sun, we scale the barren eastern scarp of the Great Rift Valley (Area B), edging carefully around controversial, razor-wired Israeli settlements (Area C).
  3. (heraldry) Obsolete spelling of scarpe, scrape
    • 1673, Matthew Carter, Honor Redivivus: Or, The Analysis of Honor and Armory, page 211:
      [...] as in the seventh, which is Argent a Scarp Azure.
    • 1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry, page 38:
      He beareth Argent, a Scarp, Azure.

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Verb[edit]

scarp (third-person singular simple present scarps, present participle scarping, simple past and past participle scarped)

  1. (earth science, geography, transitive) 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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Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

scarp m (plural scarpi)

  1. Obsolete form of scarpă.

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References[edit]

  • scarp in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN