brickearth

British

/ ˈbrɪkˌɜːθ /

noun

a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks: specifically, such a deposit in southern England, yielding a fertile soil

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The term drift is now applied generally to the Quaternary deposits, which consist for the most part of gravel, sand, loam or brickearth and clay; it naturally refers to strata laid down at some distance from the rocks to whose destruction they are largely due; but, although applied to river deposits, the word drift is more appropriately used in reference to the accumulations of the Glacial period.

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