- scarp⇄noun 1. a steep slope.
Ex. sheer scarps of grey rock (Henry Kingsley).
2. the inner slope or side of a ditch surrounding a fortification; escarp. - scarp⇄scarp, noun, verb.
- scarp⇄v.t. to make into a steep slope; slope steeply.
Ex. The rock on which this fort stands was scarped towards the city (Garnet J. W. Wolseley).