shaly
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
shaly (comparative shalier, superlative shaliest)
- Pertaining to or resembling shale.
- 1943 March and April, “A British Avalanche Shelter”, in Railway Magazine, page 80:
- The hillside at this point is composed of shaly rock overlaid with a peaty loam which carries a growth of heather, and its unstable condition has resulted in two landslides in the course of the railway's history.
References
- “shaly”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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