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hanging walls

hanging walls is the plural of hanging wall.

Meaning of hanging wall

Noun

hanging wall (plural hanging walls)

  1. The section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line (the corresponding lower section being the footwall).
  2. the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.

Questions about hanging walls

What is hanging walls the plural of?
Hanging walls is the plural of hanging wall.

Words near hanging walls in the dictionary

  1. hanging up the boots
  2. hanging upon
  3. hanging valley
  4. hanging valleys
  5. hanging wall
  6. hanging walls
  7. hanging wet bag
  8. hanging wet bags
  9. hanging with
  10. hanging, drawing and quartering
  11. hangingflies

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