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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Example Sentences

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

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

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2022

When compost has fully broken down, they stand out like a sore thumb — perfect little ovals, circles, and rectangles contrasting sharply against the dark brown earth of finished compost.

From The Verge • Apr. 18, 2022

Scant rain and snowfall are leaving many of the majestic mountains between Ecuador and Argentina with patchy snow cover or no snow at all as dry brown earth lies exposed.

From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2021

Before we went over the hill, I dropped it onto the brown earth.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac