hanging wall (English, noun)
expansion: hanging wall (plural hanging walls)
Senses:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line (the corresponding lower section being the footwall).
topics: business
mining
glosses: the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.
Forms:
form: hanging walls
tags: plural
form: hangingwall
tags: alternative