| 单词 | puddled clay |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspuddled clay 3. Of earth, esp. clay: worked with water to form a watertight material (cf. puddle v. 4a); spec. made into puddle (puddle n. 3b). Also: lined with puddle. Now chiefly in puddled clay. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [adjective] > other attributes of clay tempered1697 lean1754 unvitrescible1783 exfodiated1795 puddled1796 white-burning1875 wedged1903 1796 Trans. Soc. Arts 14 240 Earth in this puddled state becomes so dense as to resist the impression of water, which can by no means penetrate it. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers I. 353 The canal..is confined within a puddled channel to prevent leakage. 1871 Daily News 21 Sept. A very considerable quantity of the puddled clay..had been removed. 1968 D. D. Gladwin & J. M. White Eng. Canals ii. ii. 36 Brindley's famous Barton Aqueduct..was constructed of stone with a puddled clay bed. 1987 E. G. Holland Coniston Copper (BNC) 115 It was then to be infilled with debris and sealed with puddled clay to prevent water falling into workings below. < as lemmas |
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