gault
noun
ˈgȯlt 
chiefly British
: a heavy thick clay soil
Word History
Etymology
perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse gald hard-packed snow
First Known Use
1575, in the meaning defined above
gaults
noun
as in blacklands
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- blacklands
- gleys
- gucks
- clays
- muds
- kaolins
- molds
- gumbos
- muck
- loesses
- sands
- dust
- humuses
- alluviums
- earth
- dirt
- clods
- gravels
- sediments
- gooks
- loams
- ground
- colluviums
- topsoils
- silts
- marls
- detritus
- shingles
- colluvia
- duffs
- subsoils
- mulls
- alluvia
- substrata
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