1920 W. W. Weir ii. 13 Texture should not be confused with soil ‘structure’ which means the arrangements of the soil grains..or..the relation of the soil particles to each other.
1954 W. D. Thornbury iv. 87 Not all soil structures are..solifluction features, for downslope movement may be either lacking or of minor importance.
1976 Aug. 343/3 This amount of tillage..can also be harmful to the stability of the soil structure.