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Definition of "moulin" [moulin]

  • A nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface or rock debris falling through a crack in the ice. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "moulin" in a sentence
  • "The shop, which takes its name from the fact that it is housed in a 113-year-old former mill (moulin is French for mill) is easy to spot."
  • "COOPER: Well, we climbed into that depression, called a moulin, to get a look at how water is carving deep holes into the ice and how that's affecting the entire ice sheet."
  • "Somewhat below the junction Tyndall and Hirst sounded a moulin, that is, a cavity through which the surface glacier waters escape, to a depth of 160 feet; the guides alleged that they had sounded a similar aperture to a depth of 350 feet, and had found no bottom."
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