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landslip

noun

Etymology

From land + slip.

  1. derived from *slībaną✻ — “to split”
  2. derived from *slewbʰ-✻ — “slip, slide”
  3. derived from *sleyb-✻ — “slimy; to slide”
  4. derived from *slipjaną✻ — “to glide”
  5. derived from *slippjan✻
  6. derived from *slippian✻
  7. derived from slippen
  8. inherited from slippen
  9. compounded as landslip — “land + slip”

Definitions

  1. The sliding of a mass of land down a cliff or slope

    The sliding of a mass of land down a cliff or slope; a landslide.

    • And wasn’t it a sight to see, / When, ere his song was ended, / Like some great landslip, tree by tree, / The country-side descended;
    • Though a cliff, or sheet of bare rock, is hardly visible among the glens, yet here and there a bright brown patch tells of a recent landslip; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA