scarp

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SC'ARP, noun In fortification, the interior talus or slope of the ditch next the place, at the foot of the rampart. SC'ARP, noun 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.
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