windslab
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]windslab (countable and uncountable, plural windslabs)
- Snow that peels off in large slabs when disturbed, increasing the risk of avalanche.
- 2009 February 6, Stephen Lee, “Skiwatch”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The local Lombarde has blasted upper slopes, occasionally closed lifts and deposited windslab, potentially dangerous to off-piste skiers, on lee slopes.