brown earth

British  

noun

1. an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England

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brown earth

Two excavators were working to dig more graves in the light brown earth.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

Writing in Bomb magazine in 2016, the critic Stephen Westfall noted that one of Mr. Terna’s paintings depicts what looks like a white snow patch or pond surrounded by light brown earth.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2023

Footage from the area shows residents digging in brown earth with their bare hands, or using hoes, sticks, crowbars and other tools.

From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2022

There is movement in the thick, brown earth: Tiny earthworms being disturbed from their homestead.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

They creaked through rolling hills dotted with apple orchards stripped bare, past fields of brown earth awaiting the planting of oats and wheat.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock