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Backscarp

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scarpnoun(geology) A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.
anti-scarpnoun(geology) An uphill-facing scarp
scarpingnounThe formation of cliffs by erosion.
escarpnounObsolete spelling of scarp. [The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.]
scarpmentnounAlternative form of escarpment. [A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.]
scarplandnounA landscape characterised by scarps.
scarnounA permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
scablandnoun(US, geography) High, flat land of igneous rock, with thin soil and deep channels formed by glaciers or glacial floods.
escarpmentnounA steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
scarpletnounA small scarp.
scarcementnoun(architecture, engineering) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.
excarpmentnounMisspelling of escarpment. [A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.]
scarpenoun(heraldry) Alternative form of scrape (“diminutive bend”). [A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).]
scaurnoun(chiefly Scotland) A steep cliff or bank.
screenoun(uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.
bellyscrapernoun(construction, mining) A piece of earthmoving equipment used to level land and build roads. A heavy equipment machinery with a blade on the bottom and a hopper on top, that can carry, scrape-up, and lay-down material.
scrag endnounA cheap primal cut of lamb or mutton that comes from the forepart of the neck and is typically used in soups or stews.
scuffnoun(sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
raised beachnoun(geology) A terrace of gravel etc. marking the margin of an ancient sea.
scrapernoun(computing) A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.

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