Synonyms for landslip

Grammar : Noun

Spell : land-slahyd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlændˌslaɪd

Définition of landslip

Origin : 1670s, from land (n.) + slip (n.).

As in avalanche : noun falling large mass; sudden rush of large quantity

Example sentences :

He was killed by a landslip in the pit, when he was barely forty years old.
Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson

Audrey had to come back with her and I went on to the Landslip to find you.
Extract from : « The Girls of St. Olave's » by Mabel Mackintosh

"Mrs. Henchman wanted us all to walk to the Landslip this afternoon," she said.
Extract from : « The Girls of St. Olave's » by Mabel Mackintosh

We don't want to sit staring down the Landslip till they arrive.
Extract from : « The Girls of St. Olave's » by Mabel Mackintosh

The first thing we did was to go back to our camp and see the effect of the landslip.
Extract from : « Peter Trawl » by W. H. G. Kingston

Here there had been a landslip, and the entire face of the cliff was laid bare.
Extract from : « Shifting Winds » by R.M. Ballantyne

Athens, however, was on a landslip, falling; none could arrest it.
Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith

“Unless it has been swept off by some landslip,” suggested Bourne.
Extract from : « The Peril Finders » by George Manville Fenn

His head might come up some day above ground in a landslip with his hand pointing.
Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce

On one occasion a landslip imprisoned a number of miners in their workings.
Extract from : « The Valleys of Tirol » by R. H. Busk

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