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head wall

head wall is the alternative form of headwall.

Meaning of headwall

Noun

headwall (plural headwalls)

  1. The highest cliff of a glacial cirque.
  2. The steep cliff at the back of a cirque.
  3. A retaining wall at the outlet of a drain, culvert or tunnel.
    • The platforms of all stations from Shepherds Bush to Liverpool Street have been lengthened from 325 ft. to 427 ft. between tunnel headwalls, to take longer trains.1950 September, “Central London Railway Jubilee”, in Railway Magazine, page 622
    Synonyms:
    endwall

Forms of head wall

pluralhead walls

Questions about head wall

What is head wall the alternative form of?
Head wall is the alternative form of headwall.

Words near head wall in the dictionary

  1. head up
  2. head valve
  3. head valves
  4. head voice
  5. head voices
  6. head wall
  7. head wind
  8. head winds
  9. head wing
  10. head wings
  11. head wobble

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