n. A deposit of sand, gravel, etc. made by oceanic flooding.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A deluge or an inundation; an overflowing.
n. Coarse detrital material, wherever found: a term introduced into geology in consequence of a general belief in the past occurrence of a universal deluge.
Word Usage
"Connected with the diluvium is the history of ossiferous caverns, of which specimens singly exist at Kirkdale in Yorkshire, Gailenreuth in"