Definition of shortened version:
(n) :
the act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare; the laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water
Definition of shortened version:
(n) :
the act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare; the laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water