1. A short, rounded spur protruding laterally from the slope of a mountain or hill. 2. The sloping segment below the summit of a mountain or hill. 3. A bench on the flanks of a glaciated valley, located at the sharp change of slope where the steep sides of the inner glaciated valley meet the more gradual slope above the level of glaciation. 4. A joint structure on a joint face produced by the intersection of plume-structure ridges with fringe joints.
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