downthrow
[
doun
-throh]
/ˈdaʊnˌθroʊ/
noun
1.
a throwing down or being thrown down; overthrow.
Origin
1605-15;
noun use of verb phrase
throw down
Examples from the web for
downthrow
These faults also permit the
downthrow
of the northern block.
British Dictionary definitions for
downthrow
downthrow
/
ˈdaʊnˌθrəʊ
/
noun
1.
the state of throwing down or being thrown down
2.
(
geology
) the sinking of rocks on one side of a fault plane