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scarpe en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of scrape (“diminutive bend”).
   alt of scrape
   • […] Argent, three bendlets engrailed sable; over all a scarpe gules - BLAGE, Kent. 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 55:
   • […] in bend an arrow, its shaft debruised by two scarpes couped Or; […] 1992, Donald R. Mandich, Joseph Anthony Placek, Russian Heraldry and Nobility, Dramco Pub:
   • Bonfiglioli : Bendy sinister of eight or and gules. Later on this is surmounted of a bend of France ancient, an augmentation, no doubt. Another representation gives : Or, three scarps gules, with the same bend of France ancient surmounting. 1901, Howel Wills, Florentine Heraldry: A Supplement to the Guide-books, page 130:

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