Moraine

mo-ran', n. (Geol.) A line of stones and other debris along the sides and at the foot of separate glaciers, and along the middle part of glaciers formed by the union of separate ones. [F. cf. Pg. morraria, a ridge of shelves of sand, morra, a rock, shelf of sand, mora, pile of rocks, Bavarian mur, sand, broken stones; OHG. muruwi, soft, brittle, AS. meai~u, tender, L. mola, a mill, E. meal, mold.)