scarf² /skärf/

1. A joint between pieces placed end to end, cut so as to fit with overlapping like a continuous piece
2. An end so prepared
3. A longitudinal cut in a whale's carcase

1. (also scarph) to join with a scarf-joint
2. To make a scarf in

scarfˈing noun

• shippen
• shippens
• shipper
• shippers
• shipping
• shipping agent
• shipping agents
• shipping articles
• shipping clerk
• shipping clerks
• shippings
• shippo
• shippon
• shippons
• shippos
• shippound
• shippounds
• ship railway
• ship railways
• ship-rigged
• ships
• ship's biscuit
• ship's boy
• ship's carpenter
• ship's chandler