单词 | channelly |
释义 | channellychannelyadj. Chiefly Scottish. Now rare. Consisting of or containing gravel; gravelly. Cf. channel n.1 6. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [adjective] > gravel shingle > gravel gravellya1382 gravelousc1420 gravelish1530 channelly1623 shravy1793 1623 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden ii. 3 Some thinke the Hasell would haue a chanilie rocke. 1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 91 The Soil, being light, sandy, and channelly. 1787 Trans. Soc. Arts 5 10 Very bad land of a channelly quality. 1814 Belfast Monthly Mag. Nov. 399/2 The surface soil..is in some parts of a sharp sandy nature, and in others rather channelly. 1868 Gardeners Chron. 22 Feb. 185/2 The Coombe Wood soil..is a gritty loam, freely interspersed with sand, and [having] a channelly surface. 1907 T. F. Henderson & F. Watt Scotl. of To-day xxiv. 331 The beautiful streams and rivers of Scotland..have nearly all a channelly bed. 1985 Comprehensive Impacts Permit Decisions under Tennessee Federal Program (U.S. Dept. Interior) 3-39 The soils in the lower slopes..are predominantly silt loams, loams, and channely and stony loams. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1623 |
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