pos>n. [ Counter- + scarp: cf. F. contrescarpe. ] (Fort.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis;
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
v. t.
n. [ Cf. F. escarpement. ] A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
From scarped cliff and quarried stone. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Aphetic form of Escarp. ]