name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
gault
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CMU ARPABET: G AO1 L T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A type of stiff, blue clay, sometimes used for making bricks.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology
In some cases, from Middle English galt(e) (“boar”), from or related to Old Norse gǫltr. In other cases, from Old French gaut (“woods”) (as in placenames like Le Gault), from Proto-West Germanic *walþu.
Of local origin, used by quarrymen and brickmakers to refer to the type of soil. First attested in writing as "golt" in 1815 (William Smith) and "gault" in 1816 (J Hailstone).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: Gault — Translations
- Welsh: cleidir — type of stiff, blue clay
- Welsh: cleifarl — type of stiff, blue clay
- Welsh: marl — type of stiff, blue clay
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