• (RP) IPA: /skɑːp/
• (GA) IPA: /skɑɹp/

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)

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scarp (scarps, present participle scarping; 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

   • 1849, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1850, OCLC 3968433 ↗, (please specify ):

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