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Scarp   Listen
noun
Scarp  n.  
1.
(Fort.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
2.
A steep descent or declivity.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Scarp" Quotes from Famous Books



... for the landings on the sunset shore. It was only mid-May, but the winter had been mild, the spring early, and now the heights on either side were clothed in raiment of the freshest, coolest green; the vines were climbing in luxuriant leaf all over the face of the rocky scarp that hemmed the swirling tide of the Hudson; the radiance of the evening sunshine bathed all the eastern shores in mellow light and left the dark slopes and deep gorges of the opposite range all the deeper and darker by contrast. A lively breeze had driven most of the passengers ...
— Starlight Ranch - and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier • Charles King



Words linked to "Scarp" :   side, slope, protective embankment, escarp, incline, munition, fortification



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