Usually means: Steep slopes formed by erosion.
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  2. scarps: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. scarps: Wordnik
  5. scarps: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scarps: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (scarp)

noun:  The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
noun:  (geology) A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.
verb:  (earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
noun:  (heraldry) Obsolete spelling of scarpe, scrape.
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