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▪ I. banket, n.1|bæŋˈkɛt|
[Du., a confection resembling almond hardbake (see quot. 1887).]
The name given by the early gold-diggers of the Transvaal to the gold-bearing conglomerates of the Witwatersrand, later extended to similar conglomerates elsewhere.
1887Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 284 The conglomerate..is a peculiar formation of almond-shaped pebbles, pressed into a solid mass in a bed of rock of an igneous nature, and is called ‘Banket’ on account of its resemblance to a favourite Dutch sweetmeat known in England as almond rock. The ‘Banket’ is also rich in gold. 1897Bryce Impressions S. Africa 217 In 1885 the conglomerate or banket beds of the Witwatersrand were discovered. 1900Times 13 Feb. 13/3 The banket formation of the Witwatersrand. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 17/2 Deposits similar to the Witwatersrand banket occur in Zululand, and also on the Gold Coast of Africa. 1932Watermeyer & Hoffenberg Witwatersrand Mining Practice ii. 28 The world-wide fame of the gold deposits of the Witwatersrand has resulted in the term ‘banket’ or ‘banket reef’ being adopted for gold-bearing conglomerates in several other parts of the world. 1954D. Divine Golden Fool vi. 57 Another smaller outcrop of the same stone—banket, he called it—a sort of fruit cake of pebbles and small pieces in a conglomerate.
▪ II. [banket, n.2
Error for banker4 a.
1846W. M. Buchanan Technol. Dict., Banket, in bricklaying, a piece of wood of about eight inches square, and nine feet in length, on which to cut the bricks. [Hence in 1864 Webster, 1889 Century Dict.] ]
▪ III. banket, -etter etc.:
see banquet. |