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单词 scarp
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scarpn.1

Brit. /skɑːp/, U.S. /skɑrp/
Forms: Also scarpe.
Etymology: < Old Northern French escarpe = Central Old French escharpe (modern French écharpe ), lit. sash: see scarf n.1
Heraldry.
A diminutive of the bend sinister, one-half its width, crossing the shield diagonally from the sinister chief to the dexter base. (Cf. scarf n.1 5a.)
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > band crossing shield diagonally > running from top right to bottom left > of half width
scarp1562
scarf1688
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 64 b Knowe that this [bende sinyster] conteineth as much in breadth as a dexter bende doth. The halfe whereof is called a Scarpe, and no bastard's mark, neither may it be charged with any thing.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. v. 52 A Scarpe..is that kinde of ornament (much in vse with Commanders in the Field) which we doe vsually call a Scarfe.
1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.), at Scarpe In blazon, it should be named Scarp, without mentioning the word sinister. The French call it a Bar.
1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 14 The Bend sinister is drawn in the opposite direction of the bend,...Its diminutives are the scarpe,..and the baton.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scarpn.2

Brit. /skɑːp/, U.S. /skɑrp/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s scarpe; and see scarf n.3
Etymology: < Italian scarpa, whence French escarpe escarp n.
1.
a. Fortification = escarp n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > side of ditch nearest to parapet
scarp1589
scarf1591
escarp1688
escarpment1802
scarpment1861
1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 10 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres The scarpe that the Curtin will make may bee some 28. foote, or more or lesse.
1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iv. 280 On the top they [the walls] are made after the fashion of a Scarpe.
1709 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 471 The enemy..lye 2 leagues off behind the scarp.
1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. I. xiii. 348 The left extended to a scarp surmounted by an abattis.
b. The total pitch or ‘batter’ of a bank. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > inclination from the level or slope > amount of > specifically of a bank
scarp1639
scarping1639
1639 R. Norwood Fortification 113 If the ditch be dry it must be the deeper, and have the lesse scarpe.
1669 P. Staynred Compend. Fortification 7 in S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. The Inward Scarp of the Parapet... The outward Scarp of the Rampire... The Scarp of the Ditch.
2. The steep face of a hill; = escarp n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun]
cliffOE
cleoa1300
cleevec1300
rochec1300
clougha1400
heugha1400
brackc1530
clift1567
perpendicular1604
precipice1607
precipe1615
precipit1623
abrupt1624
scar1673
bluff1687
rock wall1755
krantz1785
linn1799
scarp1802
scaur1805
escarpment1815
rock face1820
escarp1856
hag1868
glint1906
scarping1909
stone-cliff1912
ledra1942
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > steep
cliffOE
cleevec1300
hangingc1400
braea1500
steep1555
steepness1585
proclivity1645
upright1712
sliddera1793
snab1797
scarp1802
escarpment1815
shin1817
escarp1856
hag1868
jump-off1873
inface1896
fault-scarp1897
scarping1909
fault-line scarp1911
steephead1918
jump-up1927
1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 410 The scarps of the hills face indiscriminately all points of the compass.
1901 F. H. Trench Deirdre Wed 32 Far up, where darkling copses over-grow Scarps of the gray cliff from his river'd base.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scarpv.1

Brit. /skɑːp/, U.S. /skɑrp/
Etymology: < scarp n.2
transitive. To cut to a steep face, to slope; also to scarp away, down; = escarp v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > place in a sloping position > make with a slope
battera1398
slope1715
escarp1728
ramp1766
scarp1803
1803 Duke of Wellington Let. 15 Dec. in Dispatches (1837) II. 584 The rock is scarped on each side.
1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iv. 157 The top of the bank..was artfully scarped away, to augment the strength of the defences.
1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. iii. 73 The elevation of the site..was on this side a steep eminence, which had been scarped like a modern glacis, to render the building more secure.
1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. iii. 66 The result has been..to scarp the coasts of the Shetlands into the most rugged and fantastic cliffs.
1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough II. 173 The rock on which this fort stands was scarped towards the city.
1905 H. R. Haggard in Windsor Mag. Jan. 244 The rock upon one side of it had often been scarped by the hand of man.

Derivatives

scarped adj. reduced to a steep face, laid bare, cut away, steep.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [adjective] > steep
stickleOE
steepc1175
shore14..
steyc1480
proclive1524
steeping1530
brant1545
steepy1565
abrupt1591
dreich1597
downsteepy1603
acclive1616
arduous1711
sharp1725
acclivous1730
rapid1785
declivitous1799
acclivitous1803
scarped1823
proclivitous1860
stoss1878
resequent1906
1823 Treat. Field Fortif. 26 When the earth scarped off is used to encrease the height, the original surface should be cut [etc.].
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. vi. 331 Redoubts are carried, and Passes and Heights of the most scarped description.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lv. 80 ‘So careful of the type?’ but no. From scarped cliff and quarried stone She cries ‘a thousand types are gone: I care for nothing, all shall go.’ View more context for this quotation
1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 24 Once the sea Broke louder on the scarpèd reefs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scarpv.2

Brit. /skɑːp/, U.S. /skɑrp/
Etymology: Of obscure origin; possibly the same word as scarp v.1
Agriculture.
intransitive. Of land: To be torn up irregularly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (intransitive)]
scarp1843
1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 ii. 563 The land is not liable to scarp, as after the common roller.
1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell xi His mighty forehead would scarp and chine like the headland when the plough turns.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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