headwall

Noun

Meaning

(geography) The highest cliff of a glacial cirque.

(geology) The steep cliff at the back of a cirque.

(civil engineering) A retaining wall at the outlet of a drain or culvert.

Examples

The top of the route traversed left across the East Face to avoid a vertical headwall and joined the uppermost part of the Abruzzi route. Source: Internet

Their bodies were later found below the summit headwall. Source: Internet

Slovenia’s Domen Škofic had a chance to match—or best—Megos’s highpoint, as the entire men’s competition came down to the final move on the headwall. Source: Internet

Here she nears the headwall in this year’s Finals as the sun sinks behind the mountains. Source: Internet

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