Meaning

noun erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip

noun (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

originFrom Middle English scapen (whence also atscapen and ofscapen (“to escape”)), formed by aphesis from escapen, ascapen (“to escape”). Compare also Old French scapper, a variant of Old French eschaper, formed via similar process. Doublet of escape and scarper.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0