scarp Syllabification: (scarp)Pronunciation: /skärp/Definition of scarp noun a very steep bank or slope; an escarpment. the inner wall of a ditch in a fortification. Compare with counterscarp. verb [with object] cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous. provide (a ditch in a fortification) with a steep scarp and counterscarp. Origin: late 16th century (with reference to fortification): from Italian scarpascarp in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of scarp in the British & World English dictionary
