The story
From Muroc + dry lake. From Muroc Field, former name of the U.S. Air Force base Edwards AFB, on whose grounds the lakebed is located.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Muroc Dry Lake
Today it means: Synonym of Rogers Dry Lake; A dry lake bed and endorheic desert salt pan in Kern County, California, United States in the Mojave Desert. Full definition →