单词 | rusty gravel |
释义 | > as lemmasrusty gravel rusty gravel n. gravel coloured reddish brown by iron oxides; a deposit of this. ΚΠ 1791 W. Taplin Gentleman's Stable Directory II. 371 Horses..should never be permitted to drink at all in sharp shallow streams, that run over a rusty gravel, or through a black peaty soil. ?1830 P. Sellar Netherby, Cumberland 49, in Farm-rep. Gravelly soil, on an open bottom of gravel, technically called a rusty gravel. 1917 E. H. Williams Pennsylvania Glaciation 1st Phase x. 87 The oil well..is the one shown in Figure 40, with base at 1336, which is the elevation of the bottom of these rusty gravels. 2003 G. Wawro Franco-Prussian War iv. 116 The Prussians ground inexorably uphill, first through woods, then potato fields, then the rusty gravel of the Rote Berg. < as lemmas |
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