vitrain

[ vi-treyn ]

noun
  1. the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.

Origin of vitrain

1
1915–20; <Latin vitr(um) glass + -ain, as in fusain

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British Dictionary definitions for vitrain

vitrain

/ (ˈvɪtreɪn) /


noun
  1. a type of coal occurring as horizontal glassy bands of a nonsoiling friable material

Origin of vitrain

1
C20: from Latin vitrum glass + -ain, as in fusain

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