Landslip

Definitions

The sliding of a mass of land down a cliff or slope; a landslide.

Equivalents

Examples

“This landslip appears to have⟳ been occasioned by the freezing of the springs in the chasms of the hill; the expansive force⟳ of the ice causing a separation at the base⟳ of the cliff beneath the hill, the ground began to move⟳ forward⟳, and the lands of the farm, being pressed on by the descending mass, were torn from their original foundations.”

“And wasn’t it a sight to see⟳, / When, ere his song was ended, / Like⟳ some great landslip, tree by tree, / The country-side descended;”

“Though a cliff, or sheet of bare rock, is hardly visible among the glens, yet here and there a bright brown patch tells of a recent landslip; […]”

“Then some huge landslip in the thawing air had caught us, and spluttering expostulation, we began to roll down a slope, rolling faster and faster, leaping crevasses and rebounding from banks, faster and faster, westward into the white-hot boiling tumult of the lunar day.”

“The embankments forming the lineside forest are also a cause for concern⟳, as landslips can block⟳ the line for days or even weeks.”

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