hanging wall
Noun
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Noun
hanging wall (plural hanging walls)
- (geology) The section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line (the corresponding lower section being the footwall).
- (mining) the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.
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