Found 2 items, similar to Scarped.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scarp
scarp
n 1: a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or
ridge; usually formed by erosion [syn:
escarpment]
2: a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification [syn:
escarpment,
escarp,
protective embankment]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scarped
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.
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From scarped cliff and quarried stone. --Tennyson.
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Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. --Emerson.
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