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词汇 gault
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Definition of gault in English:

gault

noun ɡɔːlt
mass noun
  • 1A thick, heavy clay.

    重黏土

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The single-storey building is steel-framed, and clad externally with buff (gault) bricks with wide raked joints, giving a strip effect.
    • The feasibility study into remanufacturing traditional gault clay peg tiles is near completion, thanks to the support of the local authorities and English Heritage.
    1. 1.1Geology A series of Cretaceous clays and marls forming strata in southern England.
      〔地质〕高尔特阶,(英格兰南部的)白垩系黏土和泥灰岩层

Origin

Late 16th century: possibly related to Old Swedish galt, neuter of galder 'barren'.

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