'Faulted' definitions:

Definition of 'Faulted'

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  • Fault \Fault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Faulting.]
  • 1. To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • For that I will not fault thee. --Old Song. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Geol.) To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted. [1913 Webster]