noun, verb (used with or without object), scaped, scap·ing. Archaic.
- escape.
noun
- a leafless stalk in plants that arises from a rosette of leaves and bears one or more flowers
- zoology a stalklike part, such as the first segment of an insect’s antenna
verb, noun
- an archaic word for escape
n.“scenery view,” 1773, abstracted from landscape (n.); as a comb. element, first attested use is 1796, in prisonscape. v.late 13c., shortened form of escape; frequent in prose till late 17c. Related: Scaped (sometimes 15c.-16c. with strong past tense scope); scaping. As a noun from c.1300.