What is the meaning of Scarp?

The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.

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

Obsolete spelling of scarpe, scrape

to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment

Obsolete form of scarpă.

Source: wiktionary.org