moulin

Signification (Anglais)

A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface.

Concepts

moulin

Synonymes

glacier mill

pothole

glacier pothole

glacial mill

glacier well

Traductions

Mühle

gletsjermolen

molino glaciar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmuːlæn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from French moulin, from Late Latin molinum (“mill”). Doublet of moline and mill.