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   scarp

   /skärp/

   noun

   • 1. a very steep bank or slope; an escarpment: "the north face is a very steep scarp"
   • ▪ the inner wall of a ditch in a fortification.

   verb

   • 1. cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous: "the scarped edge of the central plateau"
   • ▪ provide (a ditch in a fortification) with a steep scarp and counterscarp.

   Word Origin late 16th century (with reference to fortification): from Italian scarpa.

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