Roche Moutonnee Definition

rôsh mo͝otn-ā, mo͝otô-nā
roche-moutonnee
noun
A bare hummock of rock, usually smoothed on the upstream side and grooved on the other by glacial action.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Roche Moutonnee

Noun

Singular:
roche moutonnee
Plural:
roches-moutonnes

Origin of Roche Moutonnee

  • From French roche moutonnée, from roche (“rock") + moutonnée (“wavy").

    From Wiktionary

  • French roche rock moutonné fleecy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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