Etymology

rutschblock

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Today it means: A wide block of snow that is isolated from the rest of a slope and progressively loaded in order to judge stability and the risk of avalanche. Full definition →

German Rutschblock
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  1. German · derived fromRutschblock
  2. English todayrutschblock

From German Rutschblock, from rutschen (“to slide”) + Block (“block”).

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