ratcheln.

Brit.

/ˈratʃəl/, U.S.

/ˈrætʃəl/, Scottish English

/ˈratʃəl/

Forms: 1700s–1800s rachill, 1700s–1800s ratchill, 1800s ratchell, 1800s ratchil, 1800s– ratchel (now English regional); Scottish 1700s rachel, 1800s rahill, 1800s ratchal, 1800s ratchel, 1800s ratchell.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymons: French rochaille, rocaille.

Etymology: Probably < French rochaille rocks collectively (1611 in Cotgrave), variant of rocaille mass of small stones (1658; earliest in sense ‘rocky terrain’ (end of the 14th cent. in Middle French as roquailles , plural)) < roc rock n.¹ + -aille -al suffix¹.

Mining. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern).

1. Loose stone fragments; gravel. Also: loose gravelly subsoil. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > loose stones

scree1709

brasha1722

ratchel1747

stammerers1793

slithers1805

shingle1959

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Iivb Under the Rachill..where it is the most gankey, the chief Leader may be found.

1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 297 Decaying porphyry, which the miners call rotten stone;..fragments of stone they call ratchill.

1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. i. 143 In many instances the stones in alluvial mixtures are..like the larger chippings of a stonemason's yard,..and called Ratchel, Rumel, Keale, Skerry, or Rubble.

1884 R. Hunt Brit. Mining 912 Rachill, small loose stones that are usually found on the top of the rock forming as the depth increased into the nature of beds.

1895 Hist., Topogr., & Directory of Derbyshire (T. Bulmer & Co.) 675 The soil is various—light, stony, and medium; the subsoil, ratchell and clay.

†2. A layer of rock or rocky crust under the soil; a hardpan. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 250 Wacken Porphyry. Glomellaria. Scottish: Ratchell.

1865 J. T. F. Turner Familiar Descr. Old Delabole Slate Quarries 23 There are occasionally found, running east and west, walls of hardah [sic], called ‘ratchels’.

Derivatives

ˈratchelly adj. gravelly, stony; (of subsoil) hard or crust-like.

ΚΠ

1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. 217 The soil..lies on a gravel, or what is called here a rachelly bottom, except in some places where it is tilly.

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 187 Ratchelly soil is a soil containing many small stones.

1904 J. P. Kirk in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 44/1 The ground wor so ratchelly wheer they sunk the well.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ratchel
释义	ratcheln. Brit. /ˈratʃəl/, U.S. /ˈrætʃəl/, Scottish English /ˈratʃəl/ Forms: 1700s–1800s rachill, 1700s–1800s ratchill, 1800s ratchell, 1800s ratchil, 1800s– ratchel (now English regional); Scottish 1700s rachel, 1800s rahill, 1800s ratchal, 1800s ratchel, 1800s ratchell. Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymons: French rochaille, rocaille. Etymology: Probably < French rochaille rocks collectively (1611 in Cotgrave), variant of rocaille mass of small stones (1658; earliest in sense ‘rocky terrain’ (end of the 14th cent. in Middle French as roquailles , plural)) < roc rock n.¹ + -aille -al suffix¹. Mining. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). 1. Loose stone fragments; gravel. Also: loose gravelly subsoil. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > loose stones scree1709 brasha1722 ratchel1747 stammerers1793 slithers1805 shingle1959 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Iivb Under the Rachill..where it is the most gankey, the chief Leader may be found. 1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 297 Decaying porphyry, which the miners call rotten stone;..fragments of stone they call ratchill. 1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. i. 143 In many instances the stones in alluvial mixtures are..like the larger chippings of a stonemason's yard,..and called Ratchel, Rumel, Keale, Skerry, or Rubble. 1884 R. Hunt Brit. Mining 912 Rachill, small loose stones that are usually found on the top of the rock forming as the depth increased into the nature of beds. 1895 Hist., Topogr., & Directory of Derbyshire (T. Bulmer & Co.) 675 The soil is various—light, stony, and medium; the subsoil, ratchell and clay. †2. A layer of rock or rocky crust under the soil; a hardpan. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 250 Wacken Porphyry. Glomellaria. Scottish: Ratchell. 1865 J. T. F. Turner Familiar Descr. Old Delabole Slate Quarries 23 There are occasionally found, running east and west, walls of hardah [sic], called ‘ratchels’. Derivatives ˈratchelly adj. gravelly, stony; (of subsoil) hard or crust-like. ΚΠ 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. 217 The soil..lies on a gravel, or what is called here a rachelly bottom, except in some places where it is tilly. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 187 Ratchelly soil is a soil containing many small stones. 1904 J. P. Kirk in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 44/1 The ground wor so ratchelly wheer they sunk the well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1747
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