| 释义 |
ˈbrockram dial.
[f. stem of brok-en: the ending appears to have a collective force.]
‘A Cumberland miners' term for a breccia’ (Ure).
1855J. Phillips Man. Geol. 651 The word [Breccia] is Italian, and is matched by the Cumbrian term ‘Brockram’. 1878F. Williams Midl. Railw. 523 Not a bit of rock was found. The limestone rock and the brockram were gone. |