"footwall" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From foot + wall.",
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        "The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall)."
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        "(geology) The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall)."
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        "The under wall of an enclosed vein."
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        "(mining) The under wall of an enclosed vein."
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        "business",
        "mining"
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