poudretten.
/puːˈdrɛt/, U.S. /puˈdrɛt/ Manure made from dried and powdered human excrement, usually mixed with another substance such as charcoal or gypsum.
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1764 P. Miller tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Elements Agric. I. ii. ii. 102 Nice horses will not eat oats gathered from fields sowed with Poudrette. [Note] Poudrette is Human Ordure exposed for a long time to the air, and by that means reduced to powder.
1806 Trans. Dublin Soc. 5 236 The ground intended for it must be rich, fed with poudrette, moist, and prepared beforehand.
1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene i. ii. 99 When the poudrette is decomposing..serious consequences may certainly result.
1931 A. Howard & Y. D. Wad Waste Products Agric. App. A. 123 From the point of view of public health, the use of poudrette is preferable to that of crude night soil.
1987 Sci. Amer. Jan. 14/2 The acclaimed poudrette they touted and sold was too dilute to return much nutrient value to the farm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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