ESKER


Meaning of ESKER in English

/ ˈeskə(r); NAmE / noun

( geology ) a long narrow area of small stones and earth that has been left by a large mass of ice that has melted

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from Irish eiscir .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.