the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet / (geology) a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment

(earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment

plural of scarp

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scarp

past participle of scarp

present participle of scarp

A scarp (cliff caused by erosion).

plural of scarping

(seismology) A step-like feature formed by the slippage of a short section of the surface along a fault line.

plural of fault scarp