Landslip

Quick meaning: Landslip is a noun meaning The sliding of a mass of land down a cliff or slope; a landslide.

Meaning

The sliding of a mass of land down a cliff or slope; a landslide.

Example Sentences

The embankments forming the lineside forest are also a cause for concern, as landslips can block the line for days or even weeks.

And wasn’t it a sight to see, / When, ere his song was ended, / Like some great landslip, tree by tree, / The country-side descended;

Though a cliff, or sheet of bare rock, is hardly visible among the glens, yet here and there a bright brown patch tells of a recent landslip; […]

Then some huge landslip in the thawing air had caught us, and spluttering expostulation, we began to roll down a slope, rolling faster and faster, leaping crevasses and rebounding from banks, faster and faster, westward into the white-hot boiling tumult of the lunar day.

Word Forms

• landslips
• land-slip

Synonyms for landslip

Depending on context, synonyms include landslide.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include landslide, spillage, slope, danger, landfall, slippage.

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