éboulement

[ey-bool-mahn]

noun

French.

plural

éboulements 

1. a collapse; cave-in.

2. debris.

Example Sentences

The valleys, with their method of irrigation, were therefore abandoned, and the preference was given to the long strip of schistous and éboulement grounds which stretches along the seaside between Balaklava and Alouchta, on the southern coast.

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A recent "éboulement" or land slide had blocked the road along the river and men were still busy clearing away the rubbish.

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It was in keeping with the scene, and I hope it is there still; but it was very shaky when I last saw it, and has probably made an éboulement down to the foot of the fall before now.

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