Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - scape

 I. verb  (~d; scaping)  Etymology: Middle English, short for e~n  Date: 13th century e~ some innocents ~ not the thunderbolt — Shakespeare  II. noun  Etymology: Latin scapus shaft, stalk — more at shaft  Date: 1601  1. a peduncle arising at or beneath the surface of the ground in an acaulescent plant (as the tulip); broadly a flower stalk  2. the shaft of an animal part (as an antenna or feather)  III. noun  Etymology: land~  Date: 1773 a view or picture of a scene — usually used in combination city~