moutonnéedadj.
/muːˈtɒneɪd/, U.S. /ˌmutɑnˈeɪd/ Physical Geography. Now rare.
= moutonnée adj.
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1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. II. 120 Gneiss rocks..remarkably moutonnéed or rounded.
1872 W. 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.
1876 A. H. Green Geol. for Students: Physical Geol. (1877) 456 If the moutonnéed surfaces are preserved, we learn from them in what direction to look for the source of the ice.
1911 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 19 209 The thick-headed valley trains of the Pleistocene join with the..lower stretches of present glacial valleys and..their moutonnéed walls..to testify to the superior erosive efficiency of glaciers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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