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Footwall

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall).
  2. 2
    the lower wall of an inclined fault wordnet
  3. 3
    The under wall of an enclosed vein.

Etymology

From foot + wall.

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