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What does headwall mean?

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Noun
  1. (geography) The highest cliff of a glacial cirque.
  2. (geology) The steep cliff at the back of a cirque.
  3. (civil engineering) A retaining wall at the outlet of a drain or culvert.
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According to David Bannon, COO and cofounder of Headwall Photonics, the headwall is usually the most difficult part of a mountain climb.
The whole upper headwall is avalanching and is loaded with snow right now.
S Sheldon, discharge of condition on previous planning permission for building of stables, 16 Headwall Green, Golcar.
The topos on his multi pitch, grade IV Headwall routes read like a bad dream.
Tom Breen has been named director of global sales at Headwall Photonics in Fitchburg.
The resident rooms have the medical gas outlets installed in a wall cabinet in the headwall unit next to the bed, hiding an institutional function in a homelike environment.

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