scarping
- present participle of scarp.
Example Sentences
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Upon this mountain the Russians very strongly established themselves, scarping the heights and constructing formidable breastworks behind which to shelter themselves.
From Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War by Lumley, Savile
A terrible scarping wind, whose very breath was bitterness to flesh and blood, blatant and unresting, filled the valley with a strange voice and life.
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
Already, on the heights of Montmartre, is a digging and delving; too like a scarping and trenching.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
Another feature of the Ziscaberg, already hinted at, is very notable: that of the Moldau skirting its northern base, and scarping the Hill, on that side too, into a precipitous, or very steep condition.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Carlyle, Thomas
The mountain was so steep that our ponies could only ascend by scarping, zigzag fashion.
From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
