rammed earth

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noun

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

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Also called pisé, pisé de terre, pisay.

Origin of rammed earth

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby rammed earth

ramification, ramiform, ramify, Ramillies, ramjet, rammed earth, rammel, rammelsbergite, rammer, rammish, rammle

How to use rammed earth in a sentence

The back and side walls were made of two rows of bamboo a foot apart, with rammed earth between them.
Life in an Indian Outpost|Gordon Casserly
It was a cell five feet by three, within another, the intervening being filled with rammed earth to deaden the sound.
The Chronicles of Newgate, v. 2/2|Arthur Griffiths
The cone of rammed earth was apparently not reveted with stone.
History of Ancient Art|Franz von Reber
Rammed earth at box ends to be shaved down to a 45 degrees slope so as to splice in with new span of pis adjoining it.
Cottage Building in Cob, Pis, Chalk and Clay|Clough Williams-Ellis

They lived in thatched houses constructed of rammed earth and plaster, with beaten floors on which dry grass was strewn as carpet.
The Civilization Of China|Herbert A. Giles