gault

/ (ɡɔːlt) /


noun
  1. a stiff compact clay or thick heavy clayey soil

Origin of gault

1
C16: of obscure origin

Words Nearby gault

British Dictionary definitions for Gault (2 of 2)

Gault

/ (ɡɔːlt) /


noun
  1. the Gault the Lower Cretaceous clay formation in eastern England

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How to use gault in a sentence

  • Do you believe, Professor gault, that this four dimensional plane contains life—intelligent life?

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  • Professor gault paused, peered from beneath bushy white brows out over the laboratory.

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  • gault took up a book, held it so that a shadow fell onto the surface of the desk.

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  • Professor gault's lanky form had stiffened, his near sighted eyes glaring out over the laboratory to the rear of Pillbot.

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  • Pillbot looked up from examination of the "doodles" and followed gault over to the futuristic statuary.

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