释义 |
Definition of clint in English: clintnoun klɪnt A block forming part of a natural limestone pavement, separated from others by fissures (grikes). Example sentencesExamples - The top of SMH is marked as being five metres below the surface, and the entrance in Stile Pot is 4m below the clints, and descends a further 4m.
- A couple of digging trips resulted in the opening of Small Mammal Pot in a patch of clints a few metres south-east of the main shakehole.
- The solution of vertical joint sets into grikes characteristically fragments the pavement surface into blocks known as clints.
Origin Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; related to Danish klint 'cliff' and Swedish klint 'summit, cliff'. Rhymes asquint, bint, dint, flint, glint, hint, imprint, lint, mint, misprint, print, quint, skint, splint, sprint, squint, stint, tint |