scape 1
/skayp/ , n.
1. Bot. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
2. Zool. a stemlike part, as the shaft of a feather.
3. Archit. the shaft of a column.
4. Entomol. the stemlike basal segment of the antenna of certain insects.
[ 1595-1605; scapus stalk skâpos, akin to Attic skêptron staff, SCEPTER ]
scape 2
/skayp/ , n., v.t., v.i., scaped, scaping . Archaic.
escape.
Also, 'scape .