English Explanatory Dictionary

gumbotil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A heavy dark clay resulting from Pleistocene glaciation.

Word forms

gumbotil gumbotils gumbotill

Etymology

Introduced by George Frederick Kay, from gumbo (“type of soil”) and till (“glacial drift”).

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