gault

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of stiff, blue clay, sometimes used for making bricks. countable,uncountable
    — As he spoke, they turned off the main line of the rolling clays toward the foot of the chalk hills, and began to brush through short cuttings of blue gault and "green sand," so called by geologists, because its usual colours are bright brown, snow-white, and crimson.

词形变化

gaults plural

词源

Of local origin, used by quarrymen and brickmakers to refer to the type of soil. First attested in writing as "golt" in 1815 (William Smith) and "gault" in 1816 (J Hailstone).
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