Definition of Rockfall

1. Noun. A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rockfall

1. a mass of fallen rocks [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rockfall

rocketing
rocketless
rocketlike
rocketman
rocketpack
rocketpacks
rocketplane
rocketplanes
rocketries
rocketry
rockets
rocketship
rocketships
rockface
rockfaces
rockfall (current term)
rockfalls
rockfest
rockfests
rockfill
rockfills
rockfish
rockfishes
rockfoil
rockfowl
rockfowls
rockhard
rockhopper
rockhopper penguin
rockhopper penguins

Literary usage of Rockfall

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edison Monthly by New York Edison Company (1911)
"... to nine rooms in size, and the rentals run from $1200 to $2200. George and Edward Blum were the architects. Tb« rockfall Apartment HOUM, Broadway and ..."

2. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1906)
"(rockfall) Russell Mfg. Co. (rockfall) Smith, Otis A. (rockfall) MIDDLETOWN ... rockfall Woolen Co. Omo Manufacturing Co. ..."

3. Report by Connecticut Dept. of Factory Inspection (1920)
"246-121 Lyman Gun Sight Corp., Rogers Mfg. Co., (rockfall) Russell Mfg. Co., ... (rockfall) Gun sights Bone and ivory goods Suspender webbing Revolvers and ..."

4. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America by Seismological Society of America (1913)
"... kilometers from the southeast coast there is another more important one where originate very violent earthquakes, but apparently of the rockfall type. ..."

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