FOOTWALL


Meaning of FOOTWALL in English

/foot"wawl'/ , n.

1. Mining. the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore. Cf. hanging wall (def. 1).

2. Geol. a mass of rock lying beneath a fault plane.

[ 1640-50; FOOT + WALL ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .