See gault on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "Of local origin, used by quarrymen and brickmakers to refer to the type of soil. First attested in writing as \"golt\" in 1815 (William Smith) and \"gault\" in 1816 (J Hailstone).", "forms": [ { "form": "gaults", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~" }, "expansion": "gault (countable and uncountable, plural gaults)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Entries with translation boxes", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Welsh translations", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1901, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago, Volume I:", "text": "As he spoke, they turned off the main line of the rolling clays toward the foot of the chalk hills, and began to brush through short cuttings of blue gault and \"green sand,\" so called by geologists, because its usual colours are bright brown, snow-white, and crimson.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A type of stiff, blue clay, sometimes used for making bricks." ], "id": "en-gault-en-noun-Pg6sikHw", "links": [ [ "clay", "clay" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "type of stiff, blue clay", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "cleidir" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "type of stiff, blue clay", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "cleifarl" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "type of stiff, blue clay", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "marl" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Gault Clay" ] } ], "word": "gault" }
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