moraine
muh rayn
- n accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier
- The gnarled stone pines on the high slopes of the ancient moraine are the oldest trees in Switzerland.
- Thirty years later Healey ruthlessly claims a lake of high-grade petroleum that lies beneath the glacial moraine.
- Waste rock from the mining operation has begun pushing toward the canyon like a moraine advancing at the prow of a glacier.