sand-drift

Possibly it contains, like the left flank, veins of quartz, lowered by corrosion, and concealed by the sand-drift spread by the prevalent western winds.

The Land of Midian 2003

The whole island is but a verdureless sand-drift, of which the outlines are constantly changing under the influence of winds and waters.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

An interesting example of sand-drift occurs near Wellington Bay, on Lake

Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 Various

The best grazing was on this meadow-land, but it was hard work minding both sides of it, as the brook ran between; and it had been impressed upon the boy with severe threats, that no animal must set its foot upon the dune-land, as the smallest opening might cause a sand-drift.

Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911

The best grazing was on this meadow-land, but it was hard work minding both sides of it, as the brook ran between; and it had been impressed upon the boy with severe threats, that no animal must set its foot upon the dune-land, as the smallest opening might cause a sand-drift.

Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911

Or the fishes have eaten him in the deep, and there lie his bones swathed in sand-drift on the shore.

Book XIV Homer 1909

The worst mishap that can befall a boat is to bury its nose in the side of a sand-drift and be held there.

Danger! and Other Stories Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

There was nothing left to pursue now, for amid the undulations of the sand-drift the vedettes might have gone in any direction.

A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

He saw beneath the drift of sin the buried magnificence of human nature as men discover the hidden temple beneath the sand-drift of the desert.

The Empire of Love William J. Dawson 1891

She had been slowly riding through a deep, soft sand-drift that was heaped at the mouth of the hollow, and when they had got through the opening, Caius saw the ribs of one side of an enormous wreck protruding from the sand, about six feet in height.

The Mermaid A Love Tale Lily Dougall 1890