Definition of clunch in English:

clunch

noun klʌn(t)ʃ

mass nounBritish

Soft limestone capable of being easily worked.
〈英〉黏土
they used clunch for most domestic building
as modifier sections of clunch wall in the stable
Example sentencesExamples
- The original walls were clunch and were pilfered by a bastard son of Henry the Eighth to build Berkhamsted Place.
- As it's a large square Norman keep and it's still in good condition, clunch can be a very hard stone and weather well.
- Another small area of clunch is noted where a garden path crosses the western end of a low bank to the east, possibly indicating a wall alignment, although no masonry evidence is otherwise noted.
- There is a great variety of materials in the older buildings but a particular characteristic is the use of Chilmark Stone and a chequered pattern of clunch and napped flint.
- There are useful resources within the parish: flints for tool making and building, a band of hard chalk called clunch also for building, and areas of woodland and gravel.

Origin

Early 19th century: perhaps from dialect clunch 'lumpy, thickset'.

单词	clunch
释义	Definition of clunch in English: clunch noun klʌn(t)ʃ mass nounBritish Soft limestone capable of being easily worked. 〈英〉黏土 they used clunch for most domestic building as modifier sections of clunch wall in the stable Example sentencesExamples The original walls were clunch and were pilfered by a bastard son of Henry the Eighth to build Berkhamsted Place. As it's a large square Norman keep and it's still in good condition, clunch can be a very hard stone and weather well. Another small area of clunch is noted where a garden path crosses the western end of a low bank to the east, possibly indicating a wall alignment, although no masonry evidence is otherwise noted. There is a great variety of materials in the older buildings but a particular characteristic is the use of Chilmark Stone and a chequered pattern of clunch and napped flint. There are useful resources within the parish: flints for tool making and building, a band of hard chalk called clunch also for building, and areas of woodland and gravel. Origin Early 19th century: perhaps from dialect clunch 'lumpy, thickset'.
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