Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
wind erosion [wind] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- the erosion, transportation, and deposition of topsoil by the wind, especially in dust storms.
Origin of wind erosion First recorded in 1900–05 Examples from the Web for wind erosion Historical Examples of wind erosion
Sastrugi, only six inches high, seen on the 26th, showed the effects of wind-erosion exquisitely.
Douglas Mawson
There were monstrous, many-colored cliffs and mesas, every one eaten at in the unmistakable fashion of wind-erosion.
William Fitzgerald Jenkins
The upper part of Ladder Chine shows an interesting example of wind-erosion.
The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight
J. Cecil Hughes