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fall line

Syllabification: (fall line)
Definition of fall line

noun

  • 1a narrow zone that marks the geological boundary between an upland region and a plain, distinguished by the occurrence of falls and rapids where rivers and streams cross it.
  • (the Fall Line) (in the US) the zone demarcating the Piedmont from the Atlantic coastal plain.
  • 2 (the fall line) Skiing the route leading straight down any particular part of a slope.

fall line in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of fall line in the British & World English dictionary