rammed earth
noun
a mixture of sand, loam, clay, and other ingredients rammed hard within forms as a building material.
Origin of rammed earth
1First recorded in 1825–35
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How to use rammed earth in a sentence
The back and side walls were made of two rows of bamboo a foot apart, with rammed earth between them.
Life in an Indian Outpost | Gordon CasserlyIt was a cell five feet by three, within another, the intervening being filled with rammed earth to deaden the sound.
The Chronicles of Newgate, v. 2/2 | Arthur GriffithsThe cone of rammed earth was apparently not reveted with stone.
History of Ancient Art | Franz von Reberrammed earth at box ends to be shaved down to a 45 degrees slope so as to splice in with new span of pis adjoining it.
Cottage Building in Cob, Pis, Chalk and Clay | Clough Williams-EllisThey lived in thatched houses constructed of rammed earth and plaster, with beaten floors on which dry grass was strewn as carpet.
The Civilization Of China | Herbert A. Giles
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