scarf² /skärf/

1. A joint between pieces placed end to end, cut so as to fit with overlapping like a continuous piece
2. An end so prepared
3. A longitudinal cut in a whale's carcase

1. (also scarph) to join with a scarf-joint
2. To make a scarf in

scarfˈing noun

• clutched
• clutches
• clutching
• clutter
• cluttered
• cluttering
• clutters
• cly
• Clydesdale
• Clydeside
• Clydesider
• cly-faker
• cly-fakers
• cly-faking
• clying
• clype
• clypeal
• clypeate
• clyped
• clypei
• clypeiform
• clypes
• clypeus
• clyping
• clyster