Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hard clayey layer, frequently ferruginous, found at a depth of 10 or 12 inches in mossy districts. Also
moorband .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
clayey layer underlying somemoors .
Etymologies
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moor + pan. Compare hardpan.
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