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pinnel local.|ˈpɪnəl|
[? Connected with pin v.1 3 c, as if stuff useful for pinning.]
1. Coarse gravel; sandstone conglomerate.
1766Museum Rust. VI. 153 If I find..any gravel, sand, soft rock, pinnel, or other porous substance, I begin the good work immediately. 1774Pennant Tour Scot. (1790) II. 30 Two strata, one of pinnel or coarse gravel.
2. Geol. (See quot.)
1876H. B. Woodward Geol. Eng. & Wales Gloss. 440 Pinnel, local name given to the Lower Boulder Drift in the north-west of England and Wales. Rammel and Sammel are local names similarly applied. |