cuesta

[ kwes-tuh ]

/ ˈkwɛs tə /

noun

a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.

Origin of cuesta

1810–20, Americanism;<Spanish: shoulder, sloping land <Latin costa side (of a hill), rib; see coast

Words nearby cuesta

cueing, cueist, Cuenca, Cuernavaca, cue sheet, cuesta, Cuevas, cuff, cuff button, Cuffe, Cuffee

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Example sentences from the Web for cuesta

It is no wonder that after his experience of Cuesta, Wellington steadily refused to combine operations with any Spanish general.
Battles of English History|H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
Coming up the two-mile-long Cuesta Grade, he saved his horse a little.
Judith of Blue Lake Ranch|Jackson Gregory
The Junta, however, being jealous of Cuesta, had given secret instructions to Venegas to keep aloof.
Under Wellington's Command|G. A. Henty
He was there to act with the Spanish army under Cuesta, an old man of crabbed temper and of great self-conceit.
A History of England, Period III.|Rev. J. Franck Bright

She naturally thought it worth while to show that the famous infanteria of Alva, Gonsalvo, and Cuesta "still lived."
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVII. No. 101. May, 1876.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cuesta

cuesta

/ (ˈkwɛstə) /

noun

a long low ridge with a steep scarp slope and a gentle back slope, formed by the differential erosion of strata of differing hardness

Word Origin for cuesta

Spanish: shoulder, from Latin costa side, rib

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Scientific definitions for cuesta

cuesta

[ kwĕs′tə ]

A ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a cliff or escarpment on the other. The gentler slope is formed by the differential erosion of underlying rock, and the cliff consists of an outcrop of harder, more resistant rock.

单词	cuesta
释义	cuesta [ kwes-tuh ] / ˈkwɛs tə / noun a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other. Origin of cuesta 1810–20, Americanism;<Spanish: shoulder, sloping land <Latin costa side (of a hill), rib; see coast Words nearby cuesta cueing, cueist, Cuenca, Cuernavaca, cue sheet, cuesta, Cuevas, cuff, cuff button, Cuffe, Cuffee Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cuesta It is no wonder that after his experience of Cuesta, Wellington steadily refused to combine operations with any Spanish general. Battles of English History\|H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George Coming up the two-mile-long Cuesta Grade, he saved his horse a little. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch\|Jackson Gregory The Junta, however, being jealous of Cuesta, had given secret instructions to Venegas to keep aloof. Under Wellington's Command\|G. A. Henty He was there to act with the Spanish army under Cuesta, an old man of crabbed temper and of great self-conceit. A History of England, Period III.\|Rev. J. Franck Bright She naturally thought it worth while to show that the famous infanteria of Alva, Gonsalvo, and Cuesta "still lived." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVII. No. 101. May, 1876.\|Various British Dictionary definitions for cuesta cuesta / (ˈkwɛstə) / noun a long low ridge with a steep scarp slope and a gentle back slope, formed by the differential erosion of strata of differing hardness Word Origin for cuesta Spanish: shoulder, from Latin costa side, rib Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for cuesta cuesta [ kwĕs′tə ] A ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a cliff or escarpment on the other. The gentler slope is formed by the differential erosion of underlying rock, and the cliff consists of an outcrop of harder, more resistant rock. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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