scape
n.
1
"scenery view," 1773, abstracted from landscape, n.; as a comb. element, first attested use is 1796, in prisonscape.
2
"shaft, stem," c.1600, from Latin scapus "a stalk, shaft," cognate with Greek skapos "staff," skeptron "staff, scepter" (see scepter).
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.