Look up: Scarp

1. scarp
   A line of cliffs produced by faulting or erosion; a relatively straight, clifflike face or slope of considerable linear extent, breaking the general continuity of the land by separating surfaces lying at different levels.
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2. Scarp
   Slope on inner side of ditch.
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3. Scarp
   See ESCARPMENT.
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4. Scarp
   slope on inner side of ditch
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5. Scarp
   An artificially steep slope, often as part of defences.
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6. Scarp
   Inner face of a ditch.
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7. scarp
   a comparatively short, abrupt face, often a cliff, terminating an elevated surface of low relief; typically developed by differential degradation where hard and soft inclined strata are interbedded Category: The cosmos
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8. Scarp
   Scarp noun [ Old French escharpe . See 2d Scarf .] (Her.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
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9. Scarp
   Scarp noun [ Aphetic form of Escarp .] 1. (Fort.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp. 2. A steep descent or declivity.
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10. Scarp
    Scarp transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Scarped ; present participle & verbal noun Scarping .] To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch...
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11. Scarp
    • (v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. • (n.) A steep descent or declivity. • (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp. • (n.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
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12. scarp
    (from the article `military technology`) ...was the sloping of the glacis, or forward face of the ramparts, in such a manner that it could be swept by cannon and harquebus fire from the ...
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13. scarp
    (from the article `river`) ...the river flowed at a higher elevation than its present channel. A terrace consists of two distinct topographic components: (1) a tread, which is ... ...4,898 feet [1,493 metres]) in the south and declines northward beneath secondary sediments before rising to the smaller Oden Forest. For the most ... [2...
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14. Scarp
    In heraldry a scarp is a band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad.
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15. scarp
    scarp: see escarpment.
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16. Scarp
    (fault) A cliff or steep slope formed by displacement of the ground surface.
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