English Explanatory Dictionary

rutschblock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wide block of snow that is isolated from the rest of a slope and progressively loaded in order to judge stability and the risk of avalanche.

Word forms

rutschblock rutschblocks

Etymology

From German Rutschblock, from rutschen (“to slide”) + Block (“block”).

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