scarp UK /skɑːp/US /skɑɹp/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet. •A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.Sweating under the sun, we scale the barren eastern scarp of the Great Rift Valley (Area B), edging carefully around controversial, razor-wired Israeli settlements (Area C). — 2014 verb1 •to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpmentFrom scarped cliff and quarried stone — 1850 formsscarped · scarping · scarps
