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gault

gault

1 9.9
A heavy blue-grey clay that is often used to make bricks or pottery and that sometimes contains fossils
  • noun
  • UK
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Examples

  • * Abril, Carlos R., and Brent M. Gault.

    Academic text (2009)

  • I figured if Renaldo Nehemiah and Willie Gault could do it, so could I.

    Blog text (2)

  • "In re Gault really did open up thinking that kids have a right to lawyers," Bohr says.

    Academic text (2007)

  • -That you, Gault?

    Love Lies Bleeding (2008)

  • The builders chose gault to create durable bricks for the new school.

  • Archaeologists discovered ancient fossils in the layers of gault sediment.

  • The gault clay was ideal for making pottery due to its fine texture.

Synonyms

clay
vsgault
171 1.0

A heavy sticky earth that is soft when wet and used to make pots and bricks

is a specific blue grey soil sometimes used for bricks and containing fossils
potter's clay
vsgault
4.2

Soft natural clay used to make pots like bowls and vases before heating

is used only sometimes for bricks or pottery and often contains fossils
potter's earth
vsgault
7.2

Soft clay with no iron used to make pots and models

is a blue grey soil that can contain fossils and make bricks

Surface Forms

gault singular
gaults plural

Etymology

Gault probably comes from an old French word meaning 'mud' or 'clay'. So gault is a heavy, blue-grey clay that is sticky to plow and often holds fossils or makes good bricks.