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noun
A process in which a more competent layer is broken into sausage-shaped pieces as less competent layers surrounding it are deformed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of boudin (“a sausage-shaped structure formed by this process”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: boudin
Antonyms: none provided
History
From French boudinage. By surface analysis, boudin + -age.
