rockfall

[ rok-fawl ]

noun
  1. an act or instance of the falling of rock, as in a cave-in or an avalanche.

  2. a mass of rocks that have fallen: to be trapped under a rockfall.

Origin of rockfall

1
First recorded in 1920–25; rock1 + fall

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