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scarcement Sc. and north.|ˈskɛəsmənt|
Also 6 Sc. skarsment, 9 scarsement.
[app. f. scarce v. + -ment.]
a. Building. A plain flat set-off or rebate in a wall, or in a foundation or bank of earth. Also transf. a flat ledge projecting from the face of a rock.
b. Mining. A ledge left projecting into a mine-shaft.
a. [1398in Hist. Dunelm. Script. tres (Surtees) p. clxxx, Erit eciam planus murus et in fundamento spissitudinis sive latitudinis duarum ulnarum, cum quatuor bonis et securis scarcementis.] 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. iii. xvii, Skarsment, reprise, corbell, and battellingis. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl., Scarcement, a shelf amongst rocks; a shelf leaning out from the main face of a rock; on scarcements, build sea-fowl. 1833Loudon Encycl. Archit. §1073 The foundations to be laid with flat-bedded stones laid in regular courses, and to be taken in by regular scarsements (sets back) as shown in the sections. 1844H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 170 The outside walls should be founded with stones..so laid, in reference to the line of foundation, as to form a scarcement of 6 inches on each side of the wall above them. 1899Munro Preh. Scot. x. 393 A scarcement or ledge, nearly a foot in width, ran round the entire inner court.
b.1839Ure Dict. Arts 971 If a strong bed of sandstone occurs, a scarcement of it is left projecting about 3 feet into the shaft. 1881in Raymond Mining Gloss. |