Roofdump (n.)

Roofdump (n.), from roof [ME rof < OE hrof, akin to ON hrof, roof, shed < IE base...] 1. the outside top covering of a building; and dump [ME dompen, to plunge, throw down; prob. < ON base akin to Dan. dumpe, Sw. dompa, for IE]

Here, the byproduct of a warm roof under several inches of snow, which causes a fissure in the snow, thereby causing it to lose cohesion to the aforementioned roof; the snow creates a mini-avalanche, which compacts upon contact with the ground.

The way one's roof is pitched determines where the snow will land, in this case, smack in front of the garage door. Better to shovel it away tonight lest it really be frozen by morning when I really need to get out.

See the gob of snow to the right? And the one sort of in the middle? Just as I finished clearing away the first dump, that snow landed on top of me.

Getting rid of snow like this is one reason why my wrist, taped up as it is, still hurts.

Minor thing though... the roofdumps off the building in which my dentist is located took down the wood fence outside the window. The stockade fence was buried under snow, flat on its side. And the ice chunks that yearly come off the north side of the rectory weigh some 200 pounds sometimes. They beat the dickens out of a chokeberry bush that a previous rector planted, forgetting about the dumps.