Milit., to cut down (a slope), so as to render it impassable.
noun.
In fortification, the interior talus or slope of the ditch, next the place at the foot of the rampart; hence, any sharp, steep slope. See cut under parapet.
noun.
Same as escarpment, 2.
noun.
A shoulder-belt or scarf: the word is found only in the Middle English form sharpe, and in the heraldic use (def. 2): otherwise in the later form scarf. See scarf.
noun.
In heraldry, a diminutive of the bend sinister, having one half its breadth.