cutbank

[kuht-bangk]

noun

1. a nearly vertical cliff produced by erosion of the banks bank of a stream.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cutbank¹

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20; cut + bank ¹

Example Sentences

Now, I see each roll and dip, each cutbank and coulee, through fond eyes.

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That’s why I couldn’t trust what I saw as we rode up the cutbank closest to home.

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At the bottom of a cutbank, about a mile along, I smelled it.

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Panting, I crested the cutbank.

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All three boys made elaborately casual turns, then loped back down the cutbank and out of sight.

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