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carboniferous, a.|kɑːbɒˈnɪfərəs|
[f. L. carbōn-em coal, carbon n. + -fer bearing + -ous. Cf. mod.F. carbonifère.]
1. Producing coal. Applied in Geol. to the extensive and thick series of palæozoic strata, with which seams of coal are associated, the Carboniferous System or Carboniferous Formation, lying next above the Devonian or Old Red Sandstone, and including the Coal Measures, Millstone Grit, and Mountain or Carboniferous Limestone; also to the rocks, fossils, etc., of this formation, and to the age of geological time, the Carboniferous Age, Carboniferous Era, or Carboniferous Period, during which these strata were deposited, and the luxuriant vegetation existed that formed the coal-beds.
1799Kirwan Geol. Ess. 290 By carboniferous soils, I mean the various sorts of earth or stone among or under which coal is usually found. 1802Playfair Illustr. Hutton. The. 152 The facts which Mr. Kirwan produces in treating of what he calls carboniferous soils. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. (1875) II. iii. xlv. 529 The Scar Limestone, a member of the carboniferous series. 1842H. Miller O.R. Sandst. x. (ed. 2) 224 During the vastly-extended term of the carboniferous period. 1857― First Impr. i. 14 Deep in the carboniferous ocean. 1851Richardson Geol. i. 6 Lead is chiefly confined to the carboniferous limestone. 1881A. Ramsay in Nature 419 The Apalachian chain is chiefly of post-Carboniferous date.
2. jocularly. Coal-bearing, carrying coals.
1865Daily Tel. 20 July, There was a set-to between some of the speakers and the coalporters..One speaker suggested..the expulsion of the carboniferous brawlers. |