scarp

/skษ‘หp/

IPA: /S K AA1 R P/

noun
  1. 1

    The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet

  2. 2

    A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment

verb
  1. 1

    (earth science) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment

    โ€œto scarp the face of a ditch or a rockโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scarp