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Definition of hade in English: hadenoun heɪdhād Geology The inclination of a mineral vein or fault from the vertical.
verb heɪdhād [no object]Geology (of a shaft, vein, or fault) incline from the vertical. it was hading eighteen inches for every fathom in depth Example sentencesExamples - Down to the right a small hole disappears into a hading rift.
- We dropped down to a lower level were we encountered a hading (inclined from the vertical) fault plane which was rather awkward and tiring as we were walking at an angle!
- After a short while we entered a fine hading rift, which we followed until the way on, became too low.
- The water enters from a high, very narrow haded rift in the far wall, passable (by thin cavers only) for a few metres in the upper half.
Origin Late 17th century: perhaps a dialect form of the verb head. Definition of hade in US English: hadenounhād Geology The inclination of a mineral vein or fault from the vertical.
verbhād [no object]Geology (of a shaft, vein, or fault) incline from the vertical. it was hading eighteen inches for every fathom in depth Example sentencesExamples - We dropped down to a lower level were we encountered a hading (inclined from the vertical) fault plane which was rather awkward and tiring as we were walking at an angle!
- The water enters from a high, very narrow haded rift in the far wall, passable (by thin cavers only) for a few metres in the upper half.
- Down to the right a small hole disappears into a hading rift.
- After a short while we entered a fine hading rift, which we followed until the way on, became too low.
Origin Late 17th century: perhaps a dialect form of the verb head. |