Meaning

2 senses

  1. The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall).

    the lower wall of an inclined fault

  2. The under wall of an enclosed vein.

Origin

From foot + wall.

From foot + wall.

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Forms

plural: footwalls
Singularfootwall
Pluralfootwalls

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
footprintfootsiefootstepfootstoolfootwearforA2

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