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windslab

noun

Etymology

From wind + slab.

  1. derived from *(s)leyb-✻
  2. derived from *slaipaz✻
  3. derived from sleipr
  4. inherited from sclabbe
  5. compounded as windslab — “wind + slab”

Definitions

  1. Snow that peels off in large slabs when disturbed, increasing the risk of avalanche.

    • The local Lombarde has blasted upper slopes, occasionally closed lifts and deposited windslab, potentially dangerous to off-piste skiers, on lee slopes.

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