stonefall

English

Etymology

From stone +‎ fall.

Noun

stonefall (countable and uncountable, plural stonefalls)

  1. The fall of loose stones from a natural surface.
    • 2007 August 4, Stephen Venables, “In the Alps, a Conquest Takes Two Generations”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      The North Face of the Eiger is notoriously fickle, frequently rebuffing the world’s most experienced climbers with stonefall, storms and avalanches.
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