Declivity - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: declivityDeclivity
Deviation from a horizontal line gradual descent of surface inclination downward slope opposed to acclivity or ascent the same slope considered as descending being a declivity which considered as ascending is an acclivity...
Calade
A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop to give suppleness to his haunches...
Devexity
A bending downward a sloping incurvation downward declivity...
Escarpment
A steep descent or declivity steep face or edge of a ridge ground about a fortified place cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach See Scarp...
Flume
A stream especially a passage channel or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining also a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity...
Hillside
The side or declivity of a hill...
Sloping
Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon or from a horizontal or other right line oblique declivous slanting...
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