Scarp

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)p

Origin

Aphetic form of escarp.

Noun

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; the steeper side of an escarpment

Full definition of scarp

Verb

1. (earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpmentto scarp the face of a ditch or a rockFrom scarped cliff and quarried stone. — Tennyson.Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. — Emerson.

Anagrams

• carps
• craps
• RSPCA
• scrap