moulin

Meltwater flowing into a moulin

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

  • Borrowed from French moulin, from Late Latin molinum ("mill"). A distant mill.

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