Labradorean

or Lab·ra·dor·i·an

[ lab-ruh-dawr-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Labrador.
2. noting or pertaining to the Pleistocene ice located mainly E of Hudson Bay.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Labradorean¹

1860–65; Labrador + -ean, variant of -ian

Example Sentences

It would also appear that so far as the topography permitted, the ice sheets ought to move out uniformly in all directions; hence the ice sheet ought to be as prominent to the north of the Keewatin and Labradorean centers as to the south, which is by no means the case.

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Thus there would be an increase in precipitation in about the latitude of the Keewatin and Labradorean centers of glaciation.

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The southwestward advance of the European ice sheet and the southeastward advance of the Labradorean sheet in America were stopped by the Atlantic.

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On the other hand, Salisbury estimates that perhaps a third of the Labradorean drift in eastern Wisconsin is crudely stratified, about half of that in New Jersey, and more than half of the drift in western Europe.

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The ice spread out from two great centers in North America, the Labradorean east of Hudson Bay, and the Keewatin west of the bay.

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