Scarp
Scarp , noun
[Old French escharpe. See 2d Scarf.]
(Heraldry) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
Scarp , noun
[Aphetic form of Escarp.]
1.
(Fortification) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
2.
A steep descent or declivity.
Scarp , transitive verb
To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
From scarped cliff and quarried stone.
Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain.