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

scarfˈ-joint noun

• lacerative
• Lacerta
• lacertian
• Lacertilia
• lacertilian
• lacertine
• laces
• lacet
• lacets
• lace-up
• lace-ups
• lacewing
• lacewings
• lacey
• laches
• lacheses
• Lachesis
• lachryma Christi
• exodermal
• exodermis
• exodermises
• exoderms
• exodes
• exodic
• exodist