Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a series of ridges, with corresponding depressions, rising in wave-like succession above the general level of the snow when this has been blown across by a long-continued wind.
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- noun Any of a series of long, wavelike
ridges orgrooves formed on asnow surface by thewind , especially inpolar plains .
Etymologies
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From Russian заструга (zastruga)
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The word is of Russian derivation (from zastruga [sing.], zastrugi
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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