landslipn.
/ˈlan(d)slɪp/, U.S. /ˈlæn(d)ˌslɪp/ The sliding down of a mass of land on a mountain or cliff side; land which has so fallen. Also figurative and attributive.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [noun] > movement under gravity or water
land-rushc1550
slide1664
landslip1679
pitting1686
rockfall?1797
shoot1820
landslide1822
run1827
mountain slide1830
slip1838
slough1838
mudslide1848
founder1882
creep1889
soil-creep1897
rock creep1902
slump1905
solifluction1906
slumping1907
slopewash1938
sludging1946
mass wasting1951
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > of rocks or detritus
shot-heuch1574
slide1664
scree1813
shot-brae1822
earthslide1829
talus1830
slip1838
rockslide1845
earthslip1859
landslip1872
spout1883
shingle-slip1900
slump1905
stone stripe1934
shingle slide1944
1679 Roxburghe Ballads IV. 549 Paint dismal Ruin stalking in the rear, Than Landslip Desolation far and near.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 158 Those disruptions of hills, which are known by the name of land-slips.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 276 There was an immense land-slip from this cliff, by which Dover was shaken as if by an earth~quake.
1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) iv. 62 The valley was a succession of landslips and watercourses.
1894 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 281 Landslip lakes have been noticed by Lyell, and Gilbert records the formation of small lakes behind landslip terraces.
Derivatives
ˈlandslipped adj.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [adjective] > of rocks or detritus
landslipped1885
1885 H. O. Forbes Naturalist's Wanderings Eastern Archipel. 474 An eerie and dangerous path, dilapidated and often landslipped.
ˈlandslippy adj. characterized by landslips.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [adjective] > movement under gravity or water
landslippy1893
solifluctional1924
slumped1937
soliflucted1954
soliflual1965
1893 G. Allen Scallywag I. 49 Where the rocks towards the slope were loosest and most landslippy.
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