ganil

English

Etymology

French

Noun

ganil (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialect) A kind of brittle limestone.
    • 1799, John Coakley Lettsom, The Naturalist's and Traveller's Companion:
      Here [in Pure limes] may be included stalactites , marble , limestone , chalk , zufa , ganil

References
  • ganil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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