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scape

UK/ˈskeɪp/ US/ˈskeɪp/ uncommon archaic obsolete

noun

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(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

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From Middle English scapen (whence also atscapen and ofscapen (“to escape”)), formed by aphesis from escapen, ascapen (“to escape”). Compare also Old French scapper, a variant of Old French eschaper, formed via similar process. Doublet of escape and scarper.

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