Definition of Brockram

1. fragmented rock [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brockram

brochure
brochures
broché
brock
brockage
brockages
brocked
brocker
brocket
brockets
brocking
brockish
brockit
brockite
brockle
brockram (current term)
brockrams
brocks
brocoli
brocolis
brocresine
brod
brodded
brodding
broddle
broddled
broddles
broddling
brode
brodekin

Literary usage of Brockram

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"The facts to be explained are the occurrence in the Lower brockram of a practically pure gathering of Carboniferous limestone, while the Upper ..."

2. Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society by Liverpool Geological Society (1897)
"It is now desirable to compare the chemical constituents of the limestone, and the cementing material of the brockram at Kirkby Stephen, Appleby, ..."

3. Quarterly Journal by Geological Society of London (1864)
"Lithologically this " hard brockram " is nearly allied to the inferior unaltered breccias at the base of the Penrith sandstones ; and with reference to this ..."

4. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1908)
"The Lower brockram is well seen in Burrells Quarry, south of Appleby, ... The Upper brockram is in general respects similar to the lower breccia. ..."

5. Proceedings by Liverpool Geological Society (1893)
"It IS now desirable to compare the chemical constituents of the limestone, and the cementing material of the brockram at Kirkby Stephen, Appleby, ..."

6. The Geology of England and Wales: With Notes on the Physical Features of the by Horace Bolingbroke Woodward (1887)
"1-1 \ Breccia (Lower brockram). 100 feet. The thickness of the Permian series has ... The term 'brockram' (signifying broken rock) is locally applied to the ..."

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