sinkage

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At their base, slightly tilted forward as if with the sinkage of years, stood a great stone figure roughly carved, thirty feet high at least—mysterious-looking, the very spirit of the place.

From The Blue Lagoon: a romance by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

It was over, and all that could be noted was a sinkage in the ground where the ancient pit had been.

From Queen Sheba's Ring by Haggard, Henry Rider

These caissons were provided for their sinkage with temporary dams of masonry closing the opening of the lock at the extremities of each caisson, enabling the gates to be subsequently erected under their shelter.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

The difficulty was at length overcome, but all along the side of the sinkage the earth was thrown up, broken into yawning chasms, and the surface was thus elevated above its old watery level.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

At one point, owing to the lateral spreading of an embankment, there had been a slight sinkage of the line, and we had to proceed with caution.

From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Linthicum, Richard