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What (who) is Scarp - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Scarps; Scarp (disambiguation)
Scarp
·noun A steep descent or declivity.
II. Scarp ·noun The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
III. Scarp ·noun A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
IV. Scarp ·vt To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
scarp
¦ noun a very steep bank or slope; an escarpment.
?the inner wall of a ditch in a fortification.
¦ verb cut or erode so as to form a scarp.
Origin
C16 (with ref. to fortification): from Ital. scarpa.
Fault scarp
SMALL STEP OR OFFSET ON THE GROUND SURFACE WHERE ONE SIDE OF A FAULT HAS MOVED VERTICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER
Fault Scarp; Fault escarpment
A fault scarp is a small step or offset on the ground surface where one side of a fault has moved vertically with respect to the other.Essentials of Geology, 3rd ed.
Examples of use of Scarp
1. The Tolstoy, which carried 2,500 tonnes of metal scarp and was sailing from Russia to Turkey, sank at about 4 a.m. (0100 GMT) some 12 miles off Cape Emine on Bulgaria‘s Black Sea coast, officials said.
2. The indirect recoveries/savings are as follows÷ PTCl Rs 5.756, CDA Rs 2.484 billion, Cooperative Scam 1.175 billion, Custom Duty Evasion–Wine Traders Karachi Rs 0.1 billion, Swabi Scarp Rs 0.06 billion, Primary Education Project Case Rs 0.14 billion, Recovery by Forest Department NWFP Rs 0.25 billion, Indirect recovery from Haji Munawar (Tax Evasion) Rs 0.0408 billion, M/s Bakri Bunker Trading Company – PSO Rs 0.38 billion.