stonefall
English
Etymology
stone + fall
Noun
stonefall (countable and uncountable, plural stonefalls)
- The fall of loose stones from a natural surface.
- 2007 August 4, Stephen Venables, “In the Alps, a Conquest Takes Two Generations”, in New York Times:
- The North Face of the Eiger is notoriously fickle, frequently rebuffing the world’s most experienced climbers with stonefall, storms and avalanches.
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