bowlder

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bowlder

bowlder (plural bowlders)

1. Dated form of boulder.
   • 1900, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, The Doomswoman^[1]:

     Between was the wild valley where cattle grazed among the trees and the massive bowlders.

   • 1913, B. M. Bower, The Gringos^[2]:

     His back humped; like a bowlder hurled down a mountain slope he made his rush, and nothing could swerve him.

   • 1920, Harold Bindloss, Listers Great Adventure^[3]:

     The trees on the summit bent in the wind; spray leaped about the bowlders where the white foam rolled.

Definizione dizionario bowlder

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(dated) Alternative spelling of boulder.