fenster

[ fen-ster ]

noun

, Geology.

1. an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fenster¹

1920–25; < German: literally, window; Old High German fënster < Latin fenestra

Example Sentences

Another, Jan Fenster, of Queens, NY, told me she'd come to support Geller's freedom of speech.

From The Daily Beast

In Germany, when a window was put in or altered, was the fenster-bier (window-beer).

From Project Gutenberg

Wie3 sie aber in die Hhe blickten, flog das Fenster zu und sie sahen niemand.

From Project Gutenberg

In the lines: "Gegenber am Fenster sassen Rosengesichter dmmernd und mondbeglnzt."

From Project Gutenberg