DRUMLIN


Meaning of DRUMLIN in English

/ ˈdrʌmlɪn; NAmE / noun

( geology ) a very small hill formed by the movement of a glacier (= a large moving mass of ice)

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: probably from drum a long narrow hill + -lin (from -ling ).

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