Definition of Drumlins

1. Noun. (plural of drumlin) ¹

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Definition of Drumlins

1. drumlin [n] - See also: drumlin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drumlins

drumfishes
drumful
drumfuls
drumhead
drumhead court-martial
drumheads
drumkit
drumkits
drumless
drumlier
drumliest
drumlike
drumlin
drumline
drumlines
drumlins (current term)
drumly
drummed
drummerless
drummers
drummette
drummettes
drumming
drummingly
drummock
drummocks
drummond light
drumroll
drumrolls

Literary usage of Drumlins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1897)
"drumlins CONTAINING OR LYING ON MODIFIED DRIFT. By WARREN UPHAM, .St. Paul, Minn. The occurrence of beds of sand and gravel inclosed within oval ..."

2. Man and the Glacial Period by George Frederick Wright, Henry Williamson Haynes (1892)
"drumlins in the vicinity of Boston (Day: there is a coarse stratification, ... The frequency with which drumlins are found to rest upon a mass of projecting ..."

3. Military Geology and Topography: A Presentation of Certain Phases of Geology by Herbert Ernest Gregory (1918)
"Such elongated mounds of debris are known as drumlins. (Figure 116. ... Associated with drumlins are swamps and small lakes and irregular sluggish streams. ..."

4. Report (1905)
"There are at least two regions in the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, in which drumlins form the most conspicuous features ..."

5. The Ice Age in North America and Its Bearings Upon the Antiquity of Man by George Frederick Wright, Warren Upham (1891)
"drumlins. " DRUMLIN" is the name now used to designate the class of glacial accumulations which Professor Hitchcock originally called " lenticular hills. ..."

6. Agricultural Geology by Frederick Valentine Emerson (1920)
"'drumlins are composed Their soils ... Areas between drumlins Jils contain considerable |lave been used for celery, s, themselves, because of Local ..."

7. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"Warren Upham, the Madison type of drumlins. Warren Upham, Diversity of the glacial drift along its boundary. EO Hovey, Notes on the microscopic structure of ..."

8. Laboratory and Field Exercises in Physical Geography by Gilbert Haven Trafton (1905)
"What is the relation of the streams to the drumlins —do they cut through or flow ... Are the sides of the drumlins smooth or are they dissected by streams ? ..."

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