| 释义 |
▪ I. scallet local.|ˈskælɪt|
Also -ot.
A bed of freestone in Wiltshire and Somerset.
1825in Britton Beauties Wilts. III. 414 The upper beds [of the Portland series of oolitic rock] are known to the quarry-men by the name of the Scallot beds. 1839Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. Oct. 376/2 The scallet, which is the finest in grain, is used for ashlar.
▪ II. scallet
obs. variant of scalade. |