单词 | pinnel |
释义 | pinneln. Now English regional (northern). 1. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (north-eastern). Coarse gravel; sandstone containing pebbles; conglomerate. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [noun] > conglomerate > specific pinnel1766 grauwacke1794 unguilite1799 greywacke1805 yolky-stone1805 nagelfluh1808 coombe rock1822 pebble bed1849 breccia1856 ceppo1881 banket1886 ouklip1892 crush-conglomerate1893 basal conglomerate1900 calcrete1902 rudite1904 fanglomerate1912 beach-rock1919 1766 Museum Rusticum 6 153 If I find..any gravel, sand, soft rock, pinnel, or other porous substance, I begin the good work immediately. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. (1790) II. 30 Two strata, one of pinnel or coarse gravel. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Pinnel, sandstone with pebbles in it; a kind of conglomerate. 2. English regional (north-western). Boulder clay; spec. an area of boulder clay in north-west England and Wales. ΚΠ 1876 H. 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. 1997 W. Rollinson Dict. Cumbrian Dial. 123 Pinnel, boulder clay left by the glaciers (south Cumbria). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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