Usually means: Ledge or offset in wall.
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  1. scarcement: Merriam-Webster
  2. scarcement: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. scarcement: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  8. Scarcement: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. scarcement: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Scarcement: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (architecture, engineering) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.

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setback, escarp, scarp, scarpment, escarpment, skewback, anti-scarp, backscarp, excarpment, counterscarp, more...

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setback, escarp, scarp, scarpment, escarpment, skewback, anti-scarp, backscarp, excarpment, counterscarp, more...



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