grappier cement

grap·pi·er cement

[grap-ee-ey]
noun
a by-product of the calcination of hydraulic lime, having similar properties and made from ground, unslaked lumps.

Origin:
1900–05; < French grappier, derivative of grappe bunch of grapes. See grape, -ier2

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