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Definition of scarp:

A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
A steep descent or declivity.
The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.

Synonyms:

escarpment, escarp, protective embankment.

Usage examples:

We took our way unchallenged through the sleeping host till we had climbed the scarp of the hills.

- "Salute to Adventurers", John Buchan.
The diameter from scarp to scarp, sixty feet; diameter of inner circular court, thirty- six feet.

- "Ismailia", Samuel W. Baker.
A single line of white lights outlined the topmost parapet; at the water's edge a single marble entrance was aglow; between the two, towers and terraces, hanging gardens and white scarp- like walls rose in darkened confusion unimaginable- or, rather, fell like a cascade of architecture, down the hillside to the lake.

- "The Bronze Bell", Louis Joseph Vance.