infilling
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
infilling
- present participle and gerund of infill
Etymology 2 edit
From infill + -ing and/or in- + filling.
Noun edit
infilling (plural infillings)
- infilled material
- 1994, F. Clark Howell, “A Chronostratigraphic and Taxonomic Framework of the Origins of Modern Humans”, in Matthew H. Nitecki, Doris V. Nitecki, editors, Origins of Anatomically Modern Humans[1], Plenum Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 268:
- In central Shandong, Qizian Hill Cave (Yiyuan county) in the Tumen karst area yields fauna in infillings at several localities, and in the Xiaya Cave group, situated some 5-15 m above the valley floor, human remains are also known.