Definition of "eskers" [eskers]

• Plural form of esker. (noun)

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• "Their basic technique was relatively simple-take samples from glacial features such as eskers during the summer and analyse them for key indicator minerals during the winter."
• "Around us is a patchwork of eskers sand and gravel dunes deposited by ancient rivers during the last ice age, hummocks, bogs and muskeg. Stands of dwarf willow thicken the banks of the river in places, and trees scattered singly or in small groves cover some small hill or bluff in no discernible pattern."
• "•Covered by ice during the Wisconsinan; there are end moraines, eskers, and numerous glacial lakes."