American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. A nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier
by surface or rock debris falling through a crack in the ice.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. A nearly vertical shaft
or cavity worn in a glacier by the running down of water, which
sometimes in the hot days of summer, on the large glaciers,
forms considerable rivulets on the surface of the ice. These run
until they reach a crevice, down which they descend and
gradually wear a more or less cylindrical cavity, through which
the water pours in a subglacial cascade. - From French moulin,
from Late Latin molinum ("mill"). (Wiktionary) - French, mill,
moulin, from Old French molin, mill, from Late Latin molīnum;
see mill1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English
Language, Fourth Edition) “The shop, which takes its name from
the fact that it is housed in a 113-year-old former mill (moulin
is French for mill) is easy to spot.” “COOPER: Well, we climbed
into that depression, call