scaur

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /skɔː/

Noun

scaur (plural scaurs)

1. (chiefly, Scotland) A steep cliff or bank.
   • 1859, Walter Cooper Dendy, The wild Hebrides (page 67)

     There are "stags of ten" roaming abroad unstalked; and perchance that is a hart royal swelling his broad front on yonder scaur.

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