rammed earth

American  

noun

1. a mixture of sand, loam, clay, and other ingredients rammed hard within forms as a building material.

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Etymology

Origin of rammed earth

First recorded in 1825–35

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rammed earth

At the moment it's derelict, but Goldsworthy explained his plans to create a rammed earth wall with a deep cavity in the middle, the size of a grave.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

A technique known as rammed earth construction uses materials that are alternatives to cement and are often more readily available in the environment.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2024

The team took samples from different parts of the wall covered in biocrusts and compared their physical properties with those of bare, biocrust-free rammed earth.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023

With contact, however, came growing conflict as well, suggested in the archaeological record by the emergence of metalworking and cities defended by walls of rammed earth.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

The floors were bricked or paved, or consisted still more frequently of merely a layer of rammed earth.

From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by G. (Gaston) Maspero