Definition of "wave-cut" [wave-cut]

• In geology, a term applied to forms produced by the erosive action of waves.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Matabililand and the meaning of terminal moraine, oxbow lakes and wave-cut platforms, I was actually staring out of the window and listening to the mastodons calling to one another across the prehistoric landscape."
• "For most of the coast between Cape Flattery and Point Grenville these cliffs rise abruptly 50 to 300 feet above a wave-cut platform."
• "This wave-cut platform, which normally extends about half a mile from shore, is nearly two miles wide west of Ozette Lake."