Geol. [f. as prec., but assimilated to incline, etc.] An anticlinal fold.
1861. Page, Introd. Geol., Index, Anticline, anticlinal.
1873. Geikie, Gt. Ice Age, xxi. 266. Diagrammatic view of synclines and anticlines.
1876. Page, Advd. Text-bk. Geol., iv. 83. When strata dip … like the roof of a house … the strata are spoken of as forming an anticline or saddleback.
