outscouring

English

Etymology

out- +‎ scouring

Noun

outscouring (plural outscourings)

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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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