wychert

noun
/ˈwɪtʃət/UK/ˈwɪt͡ʃɚt/US

Etymology

Possibly a compounding of dialectal forms of white + earth.

  1. inherited from *h₁er-
  2. inherited from *erþō
  3. inherited from *erþu
  4. inherited from eorþe
  5. inherited from erthe
  6. formed as wychert — “white + earth

Definitions

  1. A natural blend of white chalk and clay, traditionally mixed with straw and used to build…

    A natural blend of white chalk and clay, traditionally mixed with straw and used to build walls.

    • Although only found in a comparatively small area, the use of wychert has attracted a good deal of interest.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wychert. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA