Leighton Buzzardn.

Brit.

/ˌleɪtn ˈbʌzəd/, U.S.

/ˌleɪtn ˈbəzərd/

Etymology: < the name of Leighton Buzzard, a town in Bedfordshire, southern England.

Used attributively to designate a light-coloured sand quarried in Leighton Buzzard and used esp. in refractory moulding and as a standard in cement testing.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > sand > [adjective] > types of sand

strong1841

Leighton Buzzard1916

1916 P. G. H. Boswell Sands Suitable for Glass-Making vi. 49 ‘Leighton Buzzard’ sand... The available resources are at least 500 million tons.

1923 A. B. Searle Sands & Crushed Rocks I. iii. 119 The Leighton Buzzard Sands vary from nearly pure white to pale yellow sands associated with carbonaceous matter to highly ferruginous deposits.

1950 E. Lucas Newbold's Mod. Pract. Building (ed. 3) I. xiii. 337 Sands of light colour, such as Leighton Buzzard sand, are also used to make pointing mortar.

1965 J. Kolbuszewski Sand Particles & their Density 53 The effect of particle shape was studied using two sands—Leighton Buzzard sand (rounded) and Biddulph Medium sand (angular).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leighton buzzard
释义	Leighton Buzzardn. Brit. /ˌleɪtn ˈbʌzəd/, U.S. /ˌleɪtn ˈbəzərd/ Etymology: < the name of Leighton Buzzard, a town in Bedfordshire, southern England. Used attributively to designate a light-coloured sand quarried in Leighton Buzzard and used esp. in refractory moulding and as a standard in cement testing. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > sand > [adjective] > types of sand strong1841 Leighton Buzzard1916 1916 P. G. H. Boswell Sands Suitable for Glass-Making vi. 49 ‘Leighton Buzzard’ sand... The available resources are at least 500 million tons. 1923 A. B. Searle Sands & Crushed Rocks I. iii. 119 The Leighton Buzzard Sands vary from nearly pure white to pale yellow sands associated with carbonaceous matter to highly ferruginous deposits. 1950 E. Lucas Newbold's Mod. Pract. Building (ed. 3) I. xiii. 337 Sands of light colour, such as Leighton Buzzard sand, are also used to make pointing mortar. 1965 J. Kolbuszewski Sand Particles & their Density 53 The effect of particle shape was studied using two sands—Leighton Buzzard sand (rounded) and Biddulph Medium sand (angular). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1916
随便看	augelite augen augen structure augen-gneiss augen-schist augend augends augengneiss augenschist auger auger drilling auger effect auger electron auger hole auger point auger shell auger stem auger worm auger-bit auger-gauge auger-tongue augerbit augered augergauge augers