outscouring

English

Etymology

out- +‎ scouring

Noun

outscouring (plural outscourings)

  1. That which is scoured out or washed out.
    • 1823, William Buckland, Reliquiae Diluvianae:
      the outscourings of these valleys form the gravel in which such bones are for the most part embedded

References
  • outscouring in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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