anticline Geol.
(ˈæntɪklaɪn)
[f. as prec., but assimilated to incline, etc.]
An anticlinal fold.
| 1861 Page Introd. Geol. Index, Anticline, anticlinal. 1873 Geikie Gt. Ice Age xxi. 266 Diagrammatic view of synclines and anticlines. 1876 Page Advd. Text-bk. Geol. iv. 83 When strata dip..like the roof of a house..the strata are spoken of as forming an anticline or saddleback. |