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. [ 1913 Webster ]

From scarped cliff and quarried stone. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aphetic form of Escarp. ] 1. (Fort.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A steep descent or declivity. [ 1913 Webster ]