scarps

[Scarp]

A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion

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A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

Noun
a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification

Noun
a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion


n.
A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

n.
The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

n.
A steep descent or declivity.

v. t.
To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.


Scarp

Scarp , n. [OF. escharpe. See 2d Scarf.] (Her.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

Scarp

Scarp, n. [Aphetic form of Escarp.] 1. (Fort.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp. 2. A steep descent or declivity.

Scarp

Scarp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarping.] To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
From scarped cliff and quarried stone.
Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain.

A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.

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