cutbank en · NOUN
Etymology
From cut + bank.
Meanings
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(Canada, US) The outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.
That particular day, walking along the streambed by the church, they came to a fresh cutbank where the earth had caved.
2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 154:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cutbanks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |