footwall

footwall
/foot"wawl'/, n.
1. Mining. the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore. Cf. hanging wall (def. 1).
2. Geol. a mass of rock lying beneath a fault plane.
[1640-50; FOOT + WALL]

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