English

highwall

From high + wall.

A compound of high + wall

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn’

Latin vallum ‘wall’

Proto-West Germanic *wall ‘wall’

Old English weall ‘wall’

Middle English wal

English wall

Today it means

noun The unexcavated face of exposed overburden and coal in a surface mine.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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