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moraine

(mə rān′, mô-)

noun

a mound, ridge, or mass of rocks, gravel, sand, clay, etc. carried and deposited directly by a glacier, along its side (), at its lower end (), or beneath the ice ()

Origin: Fr < dial. morêna < morre, muzzle, akin to Sp morro, snout, headland < VL *murru, echoic word for snout

Related Forms:

morainal adjective or morainic

See moraine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An accumulation of boulders, stones, or other debris carried and deposited by a glacier.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from French dialectal morena, mound of earth

Origin: , from Provençal morre, muzzle

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *murrum

Related Forms:

mo·rainˈal, mo·rainˈic adjective

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