English-Thai Dictionary

scarp

N ที่ ชัน  เนิน ชัน  rock ti-chan

 

scarpa

SL หนี เร็ว  ne-reo

 

scarper

SL หนี เร็ว  ne-reo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCARP

n. In fortification, the interior talus or slope of the ditch next the place, at the foot of the rampart.

 

SCARP

n.In heraldry, the scarf which military commanders wear for ornament; borne somewhat like a battoon sinister, but broader, and continued to the edges of the field.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCARP

Scarp, n. Etym: [OF. escharpe. See 2d Scarf. ] (Her. )

 

Defn: A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

 

SCARP

Scarp, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of Escarp. ]

 

1. (Fort. )

 

Defn: The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

 

2. A steep descent or declivity.

 

SCARP

Scarp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarping.]

 

Defn: To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. From scarped cliff and quarried stone. Tennyson. Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. Emerson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scarp

scarp |skärp skɑrp | ▶noun a very steep bank or slope; an escarpment. • the inner wall of a ditch in a fortification. Compare with counterscarp. ▶verb [ with obj. ] cut or erode (a slope or hillside ) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous. • provide (a ditch in a fortification ) with a steep scarp and counterscarp. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (with reference to fortification ): from Italian scarpa .

 

scarper

scarp er |ˈskärpər ˈskɑrpər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] Brit. informal run away: they left the stuff where it was and scarpered. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably from Italian scappare ‘to escape, ’ influenced by rhyming slang Scapa Flow ‘go. ’

 

scarp slope

scarp slope ▶noun a slope in the land that cuts across the underlying strata, especially the steeper slope of a cuesta. Often contrasted with dip slope.

 

Oxford Dictionary

scarp

scarp |skɑːp | ▶noun a very steep bank or slope; an escarpment. • the inner wall of a ditch in a fortification. Compare with counterscarp. ▶verb [ with obj. ] cut or erode (a slope or hillside ) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous. • provide (a ditch in a fortification ) with a steep scarp and counterscarp. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (with reference to fortification ): from Italian scarpa .

 

scarper

scar |per |ˈskɑːpə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] Brit. informal run away: they left the stuff where it was and scarpered. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably from Italian scappare ‘to escape ’, influenced by rhyming slang Scapa Flow ‘go ’.

 

scarp slope

scarp slope ▶noun a slope in the land that cuts across the underlying strata, especially the steeper slope of a cuesta. Often contrasted with dip slope.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scarper

scarper verb Brit. informal they left the stuff where it was and scarpered. See run away.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scarp

scarp /skɑː r p /名詞 C 急斜面 ; (外堀の )内岸 .動詞 他動詞 …を急坂にする .

 

scarper

scar per /skɑ́ː r pə r /動詞 自動詞 ｟英 くだけて ｠〈人が 〉ずらかる, すばやく逃げる .