moutonnéeadj.

Brit.

/muːˈtɒneɪ/, U.S.

/ˌmutɑnˈeɪ/

Forms: 1800s moutonné, 1800s– moutonnée.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French moutonnée.

Etymology: < French moutonnée (in roche moutonnée : see roche moutonnée n. and discussion at that entry).In form moutonné in quot. 1846 after the French masculine form moutonné.

Physical Geography.

Designating or resembling a bare rock outcrop or rocky hillock that has the surface or form of a roche moutonnée as a result of glacial action.

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moutonnée1846

moutonnéed1854

1811 Trans. Geol. Soc. 1 118 The mountains which Saussure designates by this expression (moutonnée) are composed of an assemblage of rounded tops, covered sometimes with wood, but more frequently with shrubs or brushwood. These rounded tops being contiguous and in frequent succession, have on the great scale, the appearance of a thick fleece, or one of those wigs which are called moutonnées.]

1846 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 2 i. 367 The northern end of each hillock [is] worn and abraded, or in Alpine language, ‘moutonné’.

1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 252 Extensive surfaces freshly uncovered exhibit the moutonnée appearance of true glaciation.

1893 H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare II. 428 We ought to have the proper marks of ice action..polished, moutonnée surfaces.

1904 G. K. Gilbert Glaciers & Glaciation III. ii. 131 In detail the surface is somewhat oneven, low moutonnée bosses alternating with hollows that hold pools and bogs.

1981 Polish Polar Res. 2 54 A moutonnée area to the south of the lake.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moutonnée
释义	moutonnéeadj. Brit. /muːˈtɒneɪ/, U.S. /ˌmutɑnˈeɪ/ Forms: 1800s moutonné, 1800s– moutonnée. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French moutonnée. Etymology: < French moutonnée (in roche moutonnée : see roche moutonnée n. and discussion at that entry).In form moutonné in quot. 1846 after the French masculine form moutonné. Physical Geography. Designating or resembling a bare rock outcrop or rocky hillock that has the surface or form of a roche moutonnée as a result of glacial action. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [adjective] > moutonnee moutonnée1846 moutonnéed1854 1811 Trans. Geol. Soc. 1 118 The mountains which Saussure designates by this expression (moutonnée) are composed of an assemblage of rounded tops, covered sometimes with wood, but more frequently with shrubs or brushwood. These rounded tops being contiguous and in frequent succession, have on the great scale, the appearance of a thick fleece, or one of those wigs which are called moutonnées.] 1846 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 2 i. 367 The northern end of each hillock [is] worn and abraded, or in Alpine language, ‘moutonné’. 1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 252 Extensive surfaces freshly uncovered exhibit the moutonnée appearance of true glaciation. 1893 H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare II. 428 We ought to have the proper marks of ice action..polished, moutonnée surfaces. 1904 G. K. Gilbert Glaciers & Glaciation III. ii. 131 In detail the surface is somewhat oneven, low moutonnée bosses alternating with hollows that hold pools and bogs. 1981 Polish Polar Res. 2 54 A moutonnée area to the south of the lake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1846
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