deterration
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin de + terra (“earth”) + -ation. Compare French déterrer (“to unearth”).
Noun edit
deterration (countable and uncountable, plural deterrations)
- The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; an unearthing.
- 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC:
- This Deterration, as 'tis called, or Devolution of Earth and Sand from the Mountains and higher Grounds
References edit
“deterration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.