| 释义 |
Definition of gault in English: gaultnoun ɡɔːlt mass noun1A thick, heavy clay. Example sentencesExamples - The single-storey building is steel-framed, and clad externally with buff (gault) bricks with wide raked joints, giving a strip effect.
- The feasibility study into remanufacturing traditional gault clay peg tiles is near completion, thanks to the support of the local authorities and English Heritage.
- 1.1Geology A series of Cretaceous clays and marls forming strata in southern England.
Origin Late 16th century: possibly related to Old Swedish galt, neuter of galder 'barren'. |