Bowlder
boulder.
a detached and rounded or worn rock, especially a large one.
Historical Examples
‘way Down In Lonesome Cove Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
Capt’n Davy’s Honeymoon Hall Caine
Mollie and the Unwiseman John Kendrick Bangs
Two Arrows William O. Stoddard
The Heritage of the Sioux B.M. Bower
Blazed Trail Stories Stewart Edward White
Sweden Victor Nilsson
Pluck on the Long Trail Edwin L. Sabin
Blazing Arrow Edward S. Ellis
Folkways William Graham Sumner
noun
a smooth rounded mass of rock that has a diameter greater than 25cm and that has been shaped by erosion and transported by ice or water from its original position
(geology) a rock fragment with a diameter greater than 256 mm and thus bigger than a cobble
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