A ledge or shelf of rock, or mountain.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ledge or terrace > [noun] (25) shelvea1701 A ledge or shelf of rock, or mountain. ledge1732 A shelf-like projection on the side of a rock or mountain. terrace1753 A natural formation of this character. spec. in Geology, a horizontal shelf or bench on the side of a hill, or sloping ground. bench1791 Geomorphology (chiefly North American). A long, narrow, relatively level area of raised land, bounded by steeper slopes above and below and formed… lynchet1797 A slope or terrace along the face of a chalk down. (Cf. linch, n.2). Also attributive. shelf1807 A ledge, platform, or terrace of land, rock, etc. benching1809 A terrace cut into a slope, hillside, etc., esp. as part of engineering or mining works. Also: the action or process of cutting terraces into the… offset1856 U.S. A terrace on the side of a slope or hill. Obsolete. cultivation terrace1863 a level strip of land formed either naturally or artificially on a cultivated hillside; a lynchet; cf. terrace-cultivation n. at terrace, n.… terracing1863 The formation of terraces. mantelshelf1897 Mountaineering and Rock Climbing. A projecting shelf or ledge of rock. Also (frequently attributive): a movement for climbing on to such a ledge… cultivation-bank1913 = cultivation terrace n. mantelpiece1920 Mountaineering and Rock Climbing. = mantelshelf, n. 2. terracette1922 A small (natural) terrace; spec. one of a parallel series on a steep hillside. berm1931 spec. in Geology. (See quots.) Subcategories:— cut by waves (3) — series (2) — tread or riser (2) — raised beach (3) |
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