Sloughing definition

Sloughing means a slip or downward movement of an extended layer of soil resulting from the undermining action of water or the earth-disturbing activity of man.
Sloughing means the subsidence of shotcrete, due generally to excessive water in the mix or placing too great a thickness of shotcrete in a single pass.
Sloughing means a slip or downward movement of an extended layer of soil

Examples of Sloughing in a sentence

  • Sloughing and necrosis of tissue may occur following extravasation of the drug.


More Definitions of Sloughing

Sloughing means a slip or downward movement of an extended