windslab

English

Etymology

wind +‎ slab

Noun

windslab (countable and uncountable, plural windslabs)

1. Snow that peels off in large slabs when disturbed, increasing the risk of avalanche.
   • 2009 February 6, Stephen Lee, “Skiwatch”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The local Lombarde has blasted upper slopes, occasionally closed lifts and deposited windslab, potentially dangerous to off-piste skiers, on lee slopes.

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