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Definition of Scarped

Scarped
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. --Tennyson. Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. --Emerson.
Scarp
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 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 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. --Tennyson. Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. --Emerson.
scarp
Escarp Es*carp", n. [F. escarpe (cf. Sp. escarpa, It. scarpa), fr. escarper to cut steep, cut to a slope, prob. of German origin: cf. G. scharf sharp,, E. sharp, or perh. scrape.] (Fort.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.

Meaning of Scarped from wikipedia

- Look up scarp or scarps in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scarp may refer to: Cliff, a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure Escarpment...
- term scarp may mistakenly be incorrectly used interchangeably with escarpment. escarpment referring to the margin between two landforms, and scarp referring...
- The Darling Scarp, also referred to as the Darling Range or Darling Ranges, is a low escarpment running north–south to the east of the Swan Coastal Plain...
- A fault scarp is a small step-like offset of the ground surface in which one side of a fault has shifted vertically in relation to the other. The topographic...
- Gingin scarp is a scarp that lies to the west of the Darling Scarp in Western Australia, with the Dandaragan plateau formed between the two scarps. At the...
- A cuesta (Spanish for 'slope') is a hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other. In geology, the term is more specifically...
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- Anderson Scarp (77°33′S 161°21′E / 77.550°S 161.350°E / -77.550; 161.350) is an upward slope and cliff 935 metres (3,070 ft) high, about 0.8 nautical...
- Scarp (Scottish Gaelic: An Sgarp) is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, west of Hushinish on Harris. Once inhabited, the island...
- deplo**** under the GRAU index 8K67 and was given the NATO reporting name SS-9 Scarp. It was able to carry three warheads and was the first Soviet MIRV (multiple...