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SCARCEMENT

\skˈe͡əsmənt], \skˈe‍əsmənt], \s_k_ˈeə_s_m_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of SCARCEMENT

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An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Set-back in a wall, ledge resulting from this.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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