Meanings
- datedrareuncountablegeographySoil and other loose sediment that has been gradually washed down from higher land by rainwater.
The major cost to construct the overland flow fields was the earthwash to modify the existing flat areas to sloped fields.
1991, Harry L. Bush, Earl Abraham Myers, Lawrence J. Fleis, Stephen Poloncsik (authors), United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office (contributor), Wastewater Treatment by Overland Flow at Paw Paw, Michigan, page 593 more examples
This long strip of low-lying boggy woodland has been formed by earthwash from the land, and gravel from the wave action of the lake.
1928, Thomas Hay, “THE SHORE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE ENGLISH LAKES; a paper read at the Meeting of the Society 12 March 1928”, in The Geographical Journal, volume 72, page 43The dust and the earthwash, owing to the heavy annual rainfall of the country, filtered through to the bed of the stream, so that as years went on the bottom rose instead of deepening.
1935, Mary Gilmore, More Recollections, page 38Consulting engineers in site analysis, foundation design, mineral resources exploration, geophysical exploration, structural materials quality control, construction review, earthwash and paving engineering.
1976, Gale Research Company, Paul Wasserman, Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory, page 288
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