moutonnée

[ moot-n-ey ]

adjective

, Geology.

1. noting or pertaining to a rock formation having a rounded outline like the back of a sheep, resulting from glacial action.

Word History and Origins

Origin of moutonnée¹

First recorded in 1840–45; from French (roche) moutonnée “fleecy (rock),” past participle of moutonner “to have fleecy clouds”; mouton ( def ), mutton ¹( def )