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lauwine

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈlɔːwɪn/
  • US: /ˈlɔ.wən/

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noun

Meaning 1

An avalanche.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, poetic

Examples

  • 1823, George Bancroft, Poems, Hilliard and Metcalf, page 10, The towers of my castle of lauwines are made; / On chambers of ice their foundations are laid; / Like loftiest pyramids rising in air, / O! who but confesses my turrets are fair.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed by Lord Byron from German Lawine, from Late Latin lābīna, from Latin lābēs (“fall”).