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‖ moutonnée, a. Geol.|mutɔne|
Also in adapted form moutonnéed.
[Fr. (in roche moutonnée), fem. pa. pple. of moutonner, f. mouton sheep: see mutton.]
Rounded like a sheep's back: said of rocks that have been subjected to glacial action.
1872W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks ii. 23 At a point close to the road..is a roche moutonnée..and on the opposite side of the lake is a hill moutonnéed and rounded like a barrow. 1876A. H. Green Phys. Geol. (1877) 456 If the moutonnéed surfaces are preserved, we learn from them in what direction to look for the source of the ice. 1893H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare II. 428 We ought to have the proper marks of ice action..polished, moutonnée surfaces. |