marly

American  

[mahrl-ee] / ˈmɑrl i /

adjective

1. consisting of or resembling marl.

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Example Sentences

Her hull had settled on the marly bottom at a slight angle with the bow aiming upward.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

The marly colour of the soil is undoubtedly the result of a rich loam, combined with the clay of a lighter hue.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

The Old Red Sandstone of Wales, the North of England, and Scotland, consisting of red and grey sandstone and marly beds, with remains of fish.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter

The ford has a marly or shaly bottom, and the stream is quick and clear, conditions such as this famous fish, described by Dr. Fleming as the “grey salmon,” has a liking for. 

From Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line from Worcester to Shrewsbury by Randall, John

The sides slope steeply in parts, in many places are quite perpendicular or over-hanging, the walls being the usual hard, marly clay, while I noticed broad layers of conglomerate and sandstone also occur.

From The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" by Davidson, George