“carstone”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

carstone

释义

carstone Geol.|ˈkɑːstəʊn|
[app. = carn-stone, for quarn stone, local form of quern-stone.]
A species of the Lower Greensand.
1815W. Smith Mem. Map Strata Eng. & Wales 43 Iron Sand, or Carstone.1822Conybeare & Phillips Outl. Geol. Eng. & Wales 136 Iron Sand... We are able to trace and identify the present series throughout the island. In different counties it has received the name of Carstone and Quern stone.1840Spurdens Suppl. Forby's Voc. E. Anglia (1858), Car-stone, a peculiar stone, found principally near Swaffham.1876Woodward Geol. Eng. & Wales 230 The hard beds, locally termed Carstone (or Quern stone), are worked for building-purposes.1940Nature 8 June 902/1 A carstone rubble bed.1961M. W. Barley Eng. Farmhouse & Cottage ii. iv. 103 Chalk, like carstone, was little used before the end of the eighteenth century.

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