Definition of Scarps. Meaning of Scarps. Synonyms of Scarps

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Definition of Scarps

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 Scarps from wikipedia

- landform is not limited to fault scarps. Fault scarps may be only a few centimeters or many meters high. Fault-line scarps are coincident with faults, but...
- Look up scarp or scarps in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scarp may refer to: Cliff, a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure Escarpment...
- resumes. Scarps may retreat for tens of kilometers in this way over relatively short geological time spans, even in arid locations. A scarp is a line...
- change in elevation caused by coastal erosion at the base of the plateau. Scarps are generally formed by one of two processes: either by differential erosion...
- 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...
- related tectonically to the Manihiki scarp somewhat to its north. To the south it splits into west and east scarps that have been intercepted by the Louisville...
- 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...
- Scarp Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, at the southern end of Mount Robson Provincial Park. It was named in 1922 by...
- Kuiper Scarp Kuiper Scarp (71°26′S 68°27′W / 71.433°S 68.450°W / -71.433; -68.450) is an east–west escarpment running along the south face of Ur****...
- Scarp (Scottish Gaelic: An Sgarp) is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, west of Hushinish on Harris. Once inhabited, the island...