a strip or square of cloth worn round the neck or over the head for decoration or warmth
[early French escarpe sash, sling]
scarf2noun (pl scarfs)
a method of joining two pieces of timber to form one continuous straight piece without any variation in width, in which the ends of the two pieces are chamfered, notched, or halved to fit each other
either of the ends of pieces of timber that fit together to form a scarf joint
an incision made in a whale so that the blubber can be removed
[Middle English skarf, prob of Scandinavian origin]
scarf3verb trans
to join the ends of (two pieces of wood) with a scarf joint