BERGFALL NOUN a falling of rock fragments or debris; the ruinous fall of a mountain peak or crag; an avalanche of stones ...1856 ETYMOLOGY from German bergfall (fall of a mountain) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1856 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...on a smaller scale, they produce some of the most terrific and fantastic forms of precipice; not altogether without danger, as has been fearfully demonstrated by many a "bergfall" among the limestone groups of the Alps; but with far less danger than would have resulted from the permission of such forms among the higher hills..." From: The Works of John Ruskin: Modern Painters - John Ruskin
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