Definition of Scarping

1. Verb. (present participle of scarp) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scarping

1. scarp [v] - See also: scarp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarping

scaroid
scarpa
scarpaed
scarpaing
scarpas
scarped
scarper
scarpered
scarpering
scarpers
scarph
scarphed
scarphing
scarphs
scarping (current term)
scarpings
scarproof
scarps
scarre
scarred
scarres
scarrier
scarriest
scarring
scarring alopecia
scarrings
scarry
scars
scart

Literary usage of Scarping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1904)
"Are we therefore to assume that they contemplated a certain amount of scarping of the rock 2 to attain their ends? I was at first inclined to think so, ..."

2. Transactions and Proceedings by Perthshire Society of Natural Science (1908)
"Are we therefore to assume that they contemplated a certain amount of scarping of the rock to attain their ends? I was at first inclined to think they had ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1860)
"Accordingly, some have proposed scarping the chalk range of hills, or forming an ... A long line, such as would be afforded by scarping the hills, ..."

4. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1908)
"mountain was not only precipitous by nature but that also it has been rendered entirely unassailable by scarping." From the lower end of this steep ..."

5. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1904)
"Are we therefore to assume that they contemplated a certain amount of scarping of the rock 2 to attain their ends? I was at first inclined to think so, ..."

6. Transactions and Proceedings by Perthshire Society of Natural Science (1908)
"Are we therefore to assume that they contemplated a certain amount of scarping of the rock to attain their ends? I was at first inclined to think they had ..."

7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1860)
"Accordingly, some have proposed scarping the chalk range of hills, or forming an ... A long line, such as would be afforded by scarping the hills, ..."

8. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1908)
"mountain was not only precipitous by nature but that also it has been rendered entirely unassailable by scarping." From the lower end of this steep ..."

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