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Terracing

Terrace \Ter"race\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Terraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Terracing.] To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.
--Sir H. Wotton.

Clermont's terraced height, and Esher's groves.
--Thomson.

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terracing

n. 1 The formation of terraces 2 A terraced structure 3 A series of terraces 4 A stand with a series of tiers vb. (present participle of terrace English)

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Serafita, with much marble terracing, and yet another of her innumerable little summer-houses.

Wind erosion and the marvelous erratics created by volcanic bombardment from Olympus Mons gave the expedition members a lot of features to discuss: beach terracing from long-lost lakes, meandering streambeds, lava bombs shaped like giant teardrops, or colored in a way that implied certain gases in copious quantities in the Hesperian atmosphere.

Wind erosion and the marvellous erratics created by volcanic bombardment from Olympus Mons gave the expedition members a lot of features to discuss: beach terracing from longĀ­lost lakes, meandering streambeds, lava bombs shaped like giant teardrops, or coloured in a way that implied certain gases in copious quantities in the Hesperian atmosphere .