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

Example Sentences

"Through material exploration they were able to transfer the skills of rammed earth," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2024

Although Dr. Siddiqua doesn't foresee a huge uptick in rammed earth homes and buildings sprouting up in the short term, the addition of materials like fly ash into composite cements has already begun.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2024

Compared with the bare sections, biocrust-covered rammed earth was less porous and had higher shear strength and compressive strength, the team reports today.

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

It was roofless, but an inner chamber had been constructed—a cellar, so to speak—under the ground-floor, with a roof of its own of rammed earth many feet thick, supported by heavy beams.

From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Griffiths, Arthur