Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scarp \Scarp\, n. [OF. escharpe. See 2d {Scarf}.] (Her.)
   A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only
   half as broad as the latter.

Scarp \Scarp\, n. [Aphetic form of {Escarp}.]
   1. (Fort.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the
      escarp.

   2. A steep descent or declivity.

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.

         From scarped cliff and quarried stone.   --Tennyson.

         Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain.   --Emerson.

Source : WordNet®

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}]