fumarole
(ˈfjuːmərəʊl)
Also fumarol, fumerole.
[ad. F. fumerolle (fumarolle): see femerell.]
A hole or vent through which vapour issues from a volcano; a smoke-hole.
| 1811 Pinkerton Petral. II. 548 A more proper name for these ignited hills and spots would be fumarols. 1830 Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 342 Fumeroles or small crevices in the cone through which hot vapours are disengaged. 1852 Blackw. Mag. LXXI. 522 Cracks..are produced in the solid rocks; smoking fumeroles appear. 1881 W. G. Marshall Thro. Amer. xv. 315 The Californian Geysers are rather fumaroles—an immense collection of vents from which hot air is emitted. |