n. [ OF. escharpe. See 2d Scarf. ] (Her.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
From scarped cliff and quarried stone. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Aphetic form of Escarp. ]