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Verb
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scarps, plural;
  1. Cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous

  2. Provide (a ditch in a fortification) with a steep scarp and counterscarp

Noun
  1. A very steep bank or slope; an escarpment

  2. The inner wall of a ditch in a fortification

  1. escarpment: a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
  2. escarpment: a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
  3. A scarp and a counterscarp are the inner and outer sides of a ditch used in fortifications. In permanent fortifications the scarp and counterscarp may be encased in stone. ...
  4. An almost vertical slope along the beach caused by erosion by wave action. It may vary in height from a few inches to several feet, depending on wave action and the nature and composition of the beach.
  5. 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.
  6. Also "escarpment." A steep cliff or steep slope, formed either as a result of faulting or by the erosion of inclined rock strata.
  7. A prominent to subdued, often linear, slope or escarpment. Scarps are often produced by faulting, especially that which involves a significant amount of dip slip. However, scarps can also form as a result of stream erosion, wave erosion (e.g. lake shorelines) or landsliding. ...
  8. A linear steep or nearly vertical topographic feature that separates areas of gently sloping or flat surfaces.*
  9. A steep slope formed by the displacement of the ground surface by movement of a fault or by other geologic process such as a landslide. See fault scarp.
  10. The steep cliff face that is formed by a slump.
  11. an escarpment, cliff, or steep slope along the margin of a plateau, mesa, or terrace.
  12. The interior side of a ditch or the outer slope of a rampart.
  13. Inner wall of a ditch or moat.(Escarp, Escarpment)
  14. A line of cliffs produced by erosion or by the action of faults.
  15. The nearly vertical, exposed earth surface created at the upper edge of a slide or a breached area along the upstream slope of an earthen embankment.
  16. Cliffs created by erosion and fault movement.
  17. The artificially steepened slope forming the downhill or uphill slope of a terrace or a ditch and bank. See also counterscarp.
  18. (skarp) A diminutive of the bend sinister, occupying the same position as that bearing, but being only half its breadth. It is supposed to represent an officer's shoulder belt or scarf.
  19. Artificial cutting away of the ground to form a steep slope.
  20. the sloped bank of a stream channel.
  21. The steep bank immediately in front of and below the rampart. Ship of the Line: A warship mounting from fifty guns (fourth-rate ship) to as many as 100 guns (first-rate ship), sufficiently powerful to fight in the line of battle.
  22. A steep slope, natural or man-made.
  23. Slope on inner side of ditch.
  24. Steal or take without asking.
  25. hillside of highest slope.