red clay

a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese.

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What does “clement” mean?

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

red-clay, adjective

A battery was planted at each house, and we could see the lines of red-clay parapets marking the sites.
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant,|George Alfred Townsend
It was a dark night, and the ride seemed endless as the oxen moved slowly on through the red-clay mire.
Solomon|Constance Fenimore Woolson
The red-clay is an abysmal formation, occurring in the sea bottom in the deepest part of the oceans.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4|Various
Quinton Edge himself was sitting at the corner of the fireplace smoking a red-clay pipe with a reed stem.
The Doomsman|Van Tassel Sutphen

He had climbed to the top of a red-clay mound perhaps a hundred feet high.
The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster