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Definition of Gault
1. n. A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period.
Definition of Gault
1. Noun. A type of stiff, blue clay, sometimes used for making bricks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gault
1. a heavy, thick clay soil [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gault
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gault
Literary usage of Gault
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips (1885)
"The classification is simpler, if we carry the gault up to where the Chert series of
... The Upper gault of English and Swiss geologists corresponds to the ..."
2. Geology: Chemical, Physical, and Stratigraphical by Joseph Prestwich (1888)
"FOREIGN EQUIVALENTS OF THE gault. BELGIUM ; MEULE DE BRACQUEGNIES. ... While in
Kent and Sussex the Chalk, gault, and Upper Greensand succeed in due order ..."
3. The Canadian Law Times by Armour, Edward Douglas, 1851-1922, Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Elliott, Charles, Privy Council, Gillis, Edward, Hunter, Alfred Taylour, 1867-1957, Thompson, Bram (1904)
"'s stock, and approached gault Brothers to find out whether, if he did so huy,
... gault Brothers agreed to do so, and Lilly bought the stock, ..."
4. ...The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain by Geological Survey of Great Britain, Alfred John Jukes- Browne, William Hill (1900)
"In their passage through these counties the clays which are known as the gault
develop a greater thickness than in any other district except that of Sussex. ..."
5. Elemente Der Geologie by Hermann Credner (1897)
"Als letztes Glied des deutschen gault erscheint fast überall der ... Im allgemeinen
ist an der Fauna des gault ihr großer Reichtum an Belemniten und ..."
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