bergschrund Phys. Geogr.
(ˈbɛkʃrʊnt)
[G., f. berg (see barrow n.1) + schrund cleft, crevice.]
A crevasse or series of crevasses often found near the head of a mountain glacier.
| 1843 J. D. Forbes Trav. through Alps 298, I perceived an enormous Berg-schrund, or well defined crevass, which separated the higher summits from the glacier steep. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xiv. 98 This slope was intersected by a so-called Bergschrund, the lower portion of the slope being torn away from its upper portion to form a crevasse. 1871 [see fringe n. 2 a]. 1957 J. Masters Mountain Peak 99 There was the usual bergschrund between the snow and the warmer rock of the gendarme. |